Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Letter From a Birmingham Jail - MLK
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Background:
In 1963 Martin Luther King led the Civil Rights Movement to Birmingham, Alabama. He described it as one of the most thoroughly segregated cities in the United States. The police commissioner, Eugene “Bull” Connor was a bitter racist that used attack dogs, tear gas, fire hoses, and cattle prods to attack peaceful demonstrators. On April 12th King was arrested and put in jail for ignoring a court injunction banning demonstrations and picketing in Birmingham. In jail, King read a letter that was published in the Birmingham News by eight white clergymen that attacked his demonstrations and other protest tactics that he employed in the city. In response, King began to scribble the following letter in the margins to answer his fellow clergymen and defend his
Here's the link Read AT LEAST the first three pages tonight. You can read more, but you must read at least three pages. If you can print the document, it would be much appreciated!
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