Lesson 13.05: "Bombingham"

• Introduction
• Birmingham Campaign
• A.G. Gaston
• Letter from Birmingham Jail
• 16th Street Baptist Church
• Practice
• Task

Letter from Birmingham Jail

	Martin Luther King Jr. in Jail
Martin Luther King Jr. in Jail. Corbis. 2010. Discovery Education. 23 March 2010. <http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/>

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. sits in a jail cell at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.

One of the most memorable events from the Birmingham campaign was the arrest of Dr. King on April 12, 1963. While in jail, King spent time developing a written response to critics who had argued that his protests were “unwise and untimely”. His response was eventually published and helped explain to many the rationale and philosophy behind the Civil Rights movement.

Read the excerpt of the Letter from Birmingham Jail provided at the link below. As you read, answer the 13.05 Letter from Birmingham Jail questions. Once finished, submit the work to the 13.05 Letter from Birmingham Jail Dropbox. Note: in this letter, Dr. King chose to use language that might be offensive to some to help illustrate his argument for desegregation.

Letter from Birmingham Jail