apr 16, 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr. writes his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

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Martin Luther King Jr wrote his letter in the Birmingham, Alabama. The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism.Here is a small part of the beginning."While confined here in Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling our present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom,if ever, do I pause to answer criticism of my work and my ideas."