In April 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, after he defied a state court’s injunction and led a march of black protesters without a permit, urging an Easter boycott of white-owned stores. A statement published in The Birmingham News, written by eight moderate white clergymen, criticized the march and other demonstrations.

While incarcerated, Dr. King responded:

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Tuesday 16 April, 1963