Martin Luther King Jr, civil rights leader and Baptist minister, (1929 - 1968, seated, centre-right) gives a press conference regarding an agreement reached on a 'limited desegregation plan ...

In the solace of a Birmingham jail in April 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned what many consider “one of the greatest documents ever written by an American.” King came across an article ...

In response, King wrote a letter from Birmingham City Jail, ... In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama as a result of his continuing crusade for civil rights.

On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for protesting segregation.

Martin Luther King Jr. penned his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail in 1963. Sign up for our Newsletters In 2023, the 60th anniversary year of this significant document of the Civil Rights ...

Sixty-two years after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's pen touches paper in a Birmingham jail cell, I contemplate the walls that still divide us. Walls constructed in concrete to enclose Alabama ...

Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't born in Alabama, but his legacy and impact are felt throughout the state and in the heart of Birmingham. While at college in Boston, he met his wife, Coretta Scott ...

— Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail “We stand in life at midnight; we are always on the threshold of a new ...

Hundreds of people visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on Monday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy on MLK Day. BCRI offered free admission on the holiday, giving people a ...

The bench that Martin Luther King Jr. used to write 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' will be displayed in Philadelphia as part of an exhibit on the Declaration of Independence at the Museum of the ...

On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for protesting segregation.