Letter From Birmingham Jail Summaries

 ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ is an open letter addressed to the eight white Alabama clergymen, written by Martin Luther King Jr. on 16 April 1963, while he was confined to the city jail in Birmingham, Alabama, for playing a pivotal role in the non-violent protest against the policy of racial…

Martin Luther King, Jr writes a letter from Birmingham Jail. It is a response to the critics of the non-violent protests which took place in Birmingham, Alabama in the year 1963 (April). In this letter, Martin Luther King offers a response to a specific statement that was published in a…