Martin Luther King Jr. writes “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter to 8 white church leaders, written from a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama.
In reality, the document was never sent to the eight ministers and instead was used by the movement for public-relations purposes as a response to broader criticisms from around the country.
The “Letter From Birmingham Jail” first appeared in the national press on May 19, 1963, and was soon printed and reprinted throughout the United States.