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Letter from Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King Jr.
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USA

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

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Open letter written while imprisoned for protesting segregation, defending nonviolent civil disobedience.

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One of the most important documents of civil rights movement; widely anthologized

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Open letter written while imprisoned for protesting segregation, defending nonviolent civil disobedience. One of the most important documents of civil rights movement; widely anthologized

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