MLK’s Letter From Birmingham Jail Still Inspires Nation Decades Later

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was Jailed in Birmingham, Ala in 1963. He Wrote His Famous Letter While Incarcerated. The Letter Was Published Formally in 1964 In Why We Can’t Wait (Photo Credit: Unknown)

By Kevin C. Peterson

A little more than a half century ago the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter to an obscure cabal of local clergy in Alabama. The letter would have a more far reaching impact across the nation and globe.

King wrote the letter while confined in a city jail in Birmingham in April, 1963, focusing…