apr 16, 1963 - Letter from Birmingham Jail
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In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Dr. King says that we're all responsible for justice across the nation and around the world. Justice isn't defined by laws. When dumb, unjust laws get written and people suffer as a result, it's necessary to protest those laws by deliberately and non-violently breaking them, even if the resulting unrest and "social tension" is inconvenient for some folks. The time is always now for justice, and there's no good reason to wait for the right thing to be done by someone else. We always have to do it ourselves.
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