Letter+from+a+Birmingham+Jail

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=I. Artifact Name = Letter from a Birmingham Jail

=II. Description of the Artifact and It's Significance = As part of the segregation and violence against blacks during the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was thrown in jail in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963. During his time in jail he wrote a letter to his fellow clergymen for the cause of peace and brotherhood. This famous letter "Letter From Birmingham Jail," would become one of the fundamental arguments behind the civil rights movement. =III. Date and Place = Enter your data and location below. Also, enter your information on this Timeline! April 16, 1963 Birmingham

=IV. Related Multimedia Found on the Internet =

Below is a link to a copy of the letter wriiten by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from a Birmingham jail []

Below is a link to a video of a program that portrays Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King behind bars in the act of writing a letter from a Birningham jail []

=V. Curators (First Name, Last Initial) = =Hinton, Jones, Norman=