-- In the solace of a Birmingham jail in April 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came across an article in the afternoon edition of The Birmingham News that proved energizing. The story, headlined ...

Fifty years ago this month, Martin Luther King Jr. drafted a letter from a cramped cell in Birmingham, Alabama. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Jonathan Rieder says in his new book Gospel of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. sat in a cell off 6th Avenue S. where he scribbled in the margins of The Birmingham News his first thoughts after reading an open ...

:43 IT WAS THE COURSE CORRECT FOR AMERICA :46 THE LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL. IT IS A RESPONSE TO ALL OF HIS CRITICS AROUND THE COUNTRY WRITTEN APRIL 1963 BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 19:10 I WAS IN ...

One of the most historic pieces to ever appear in the pages of The Atlantic is MLK's "Letter From Birmingham Jail," published in our August 1963 issue. Dr. King had released it a few months earlier, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An attorney for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped smuggle out snippets of King's writing that became the "Letter from ...

(RNS) — It’s been more than half a century since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on scraps of paper, but faith leaders say his response to white clergy ...

A man stands before the monument of Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, D.C. Joe Raedle Getty Images On April 12, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and jailed for leading a well-panned and ...

(RNS) Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. challenged white church leaders to confront racism, an ecumenical network has responded to his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Christian Churches ...

As we approach another Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday, I have been reflecting on one of his most important writings, the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” Dr. King wrote this epic letter on April 16th, ...