Excerpt from the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” written by Martin Luther King Jr., 1963.

Citation Information
King, Martin Luther, excerpt from “Letter from Birmingham City Jail,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/356f3e56d09c5a8aa3da628e6844822b.
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Courtesy of University of Memphis Libraries Special Collections Department via Digital Library of Georgia.

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