Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. letter!
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US History [1]
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Activism [2]
christianity [3]
Nonviolence [5]
united states [6]
Anglican saints [8]
Civil disobedience [11]
Here I Stand [12]
Natural law [13]
religion [14]
"Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]" 16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.