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Letter From Birmingham Jail | Primary Source Essentials

How does Martin Luther King, Jr. support justice and equality in “Letter From Birmingham Jail?” In this rapid-fire episode of BRI’s Primary Source Essentials, learn about the letter written by Dr. King while he was imprisoned for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations in Alabama in 1963, and why he thought people had a responsibility to follow just laws and a duty to break unjust ones.


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