In the solace of a Birmingham jail in ... were the perfect symbolic audience for the letter, Bass said. “After all, the Apostle Paul wrote letters from jail to fellow believers.

(Photo by Ernst Haas/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Martin Luther King Jr ... desegregation plan' outside the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama, February 1963. Standing behind Luther King ...

The freedom movement was at an early stage in Birmingham, and with King in jail, it suddenly faced a crisis of fundraising and leadership. On the same day, eight prominent White clergymen published a ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is widely regarded as one of the most important texts of the Civil Rights Movement. Ahead of the MLK holiday on Monday, HarperCollins ...

The metal seat from which the civil rights leader wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" will be included in the museum's upcoming exhibit on the Declaration of Independence, the museum said Monday.

In response, King wrote a letter from Birmingham City Jail, noting, “I guess it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, ‘Wait.’ ” It stands today as ...