Dr. King held his 

contemporaries accountable.

The Letter From a Birmingham Jail

Context

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8 Clergymen in Alabama

April 12, 1963

We the undersigned clergymen are among those who, in January, issued “An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense,” in dealing with racial problems in Alabama.

Summary: This is not the time, let the process of slow and gradual change happen.

This letter inspired the response we now know at Dr. King's famous letter.

 LETTER FROM A 

BIRMINGHAM JAIL

As you read this letter consider hoe might his concerns then, be applied today?

(20 minute reading time)

Summary: Justice delayed, is justice denied.