Name: Letter from Birmingham Jail
Rating: 4.522727272727272 (22 reviews)
ISBN: 9780241339466

Martin Luther King

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Emily C Peterson

Would have been a full five if it was only the letter from Birmingham jail and didn't also include the sermon

Martin Luther King (Jr.)

Martin Luther King, Jr. rarely had time to answer his critics. But on April 16, 1963, he was confined to the Birmingham jail, serving a sentence for participating in civil rights demonstrations. "Alone for days in the dull monotony of a narrow jail cell", King pondered a letter that fellow clergymen had published urging him to drop his campaign of nonviolent resistance and to leave the battle for racial equality to the courts. In response, King drafted his most extensive and forceful written statement against social injustice - a remarkable essay that focused the world's attention on Birmingham and spurred the famous March on Washington. Bristling with the energy and resonance of his great speeches, Letter from the Birmingham Jail is both a compelling defense of nonviolent demonstration and a rallying cry for an end to social discrimination that is just as powerful today as it was more than twenty years ago.

Letter from the Birmingham Jail

Anna Adams

Imagine, being told to wait for the respect due to every human being while you're sitting in a jail for using the right non-violent protest. This letter is heartrending, and we should all read it if we're ever tempted to tell someone else how and when to make their voice heard. I'm guessing I'll be reading it again.

Joanna Rosenwink 

There are sections of MLK’s writing which are often quoted and it was good to read some of these in the context that he wrote them.

Inspiring and motivating.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

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