apr 16, 1963 - MLK goes to a Birmingham jail
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MLK got arrested after leading a protest.During his time in jail, MLK took this opportunity to respond to some of his critics in a letter now known as The Letter from Birmingham Jail. Some of his opponents claimed that MLK was an outsider coming in, and he should not have been meddling in others’ affairs. He counters this and many other arguments in his letter.
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Date:
apr 16, 1963
Now
~ 63 years ago