Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
correspondence
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| gptkbp:addressedTo |
white clergymen
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
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| gptkbp:dateWritten |
1963-04-16
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| gptkbp:documentType |
epistolary essay
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| gptkbp:event |
arrest of Martin Luther King Jr. during Birmingham campaign
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter from Birmingham Jail'
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| gptkbp:includedIn |
The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:American_civil_rights_movement
global human rights movements |
| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:locationWritten |
Birmingham City Jail
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| gptkbp:mainTheme |
gptkb:civil_disobedience
justice protest 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)
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| gptkbp:significance |
seminal text of the American civil rights movement
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| gptkbp:subject |
civil rights
racial equality law and justice religion and morality |
| gptkbp:writtenBy |
gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Open_Letter
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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