Letter from Birmingham Jail

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gptkbp:instanceOf correspondence
gptkbp:addressedTo white clergymen
gptkbp:author gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:citation legal arguments for civil rights
gptkbp:dateWritten April 16, 1963
gptkbp:event arrest of Martin Luther King Jr. during Birmingham campaign
gptkbp:genre epistolary literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Letter from Birmingham Jail
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:American_civil_rights_movement
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Gandhian_philosophy
gptkb:theology
American constitutional principles
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mediaType correspondence
gptkbp:notableQuote Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Justice too long delayed is justice denied.
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:National_Civil_Rights_Museum
gptkb:The_King_Center
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Atlantic_Monthly
gptkb:The_Christian_Century
gptkb:The_New_York_Post_Sunday_Magazine
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Birmingham_campaign
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference
gptkbp:studiedIn American literature courses
ethics courses
history courses
gptkbp:subject civil rights
protest
racial segregation
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Spanish
multiple languages
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
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