MLK goes to a Birmingham jail (apr 12, 1963 – apr 23, 1963)
Description:
Martin Luther King was arrested in birmingham alabama during a protest for protesting without a permit. During his time in jail 8 clergymen wrote a letter about how the protest was untimely and unwise, to which King respond with his famous Letter From Birmingham Jail. King wrote in his letter the revolt of the oppressed will always be cumbersome and untimely for the oppressor and he had a moral obligation to fight unjust laws at any and all timesAdded to timeline:
Date:
apr 12, 1963
apr 23, 1963
~ 11 days