Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:correspondence
gptkbp:addressedTo white clergymen
gptkbp:author gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:dateWritten 1963-04-16
gptkbp:documentType gptkb:epistolary_essay
gptkbp:event arrest of Martin Luther King Jr. during Birmingham campaign
gptkbp:includedIn The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:American_civil_rights_movement
global human rights movements
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:locationWritten Birmingham City Jail
gptkbp:mainTheme gptkb:protest
gptkb:civil_disobedience
justice
racial segregation
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:publishedIn gptkb:The_Atlantic_Monthly
gptkb:The_Christian_Century
gptkbp:response A Call for Unity (statement by eight white Alabama clergymen)
gptkbp:significance seminal text of the American civil rights movement
gptkbp:subject civil rights
racial equality
law and justice
religion and morality
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Open_Letter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'