Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail 16 Apr 1963 "My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. - ThreadSky

lecagle.bsky.social • 36 days ago

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

16 Apr 1963

"My Dear Fellow Clergymen:

While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas.

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teeandry.bsky.social•36 days ago

Thanks for sharing this. It’s the best thing to read today. God bless this brilliant fearless man of conviction and faith.

ricklarios.bsky.social•36 days ago

Always, always, always worth the read and reread.
Thank you!

nonviolence.bsky.social•35 days ago

https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/king-birmingham-jail-letter-anniversary/index.html

bonstrous.bsky.social•36 days ago

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crobruncato.bsky.social•36 days ago

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karenb4good.bsky.social•27 days ago

For years I have read this every MLK day. This year for a change, watched:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC6qxf3b3FI

greenlightening.bsky.social•35 days ago

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lecagle.bsky.social•36 days ago

If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will...

lecagle.bsky.social•36 days ago

...and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms.

I think I should indicate why I am here in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the view which argues against "outsiders coming in."

lecagle.bsky.social•36 days ago

I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. We have some eighty five affiliated organizations across the South...

lecagle.bsky.social•36 days ago

...and one of them is the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. Frequently we share staff, educational and financial resources with our affiliates. Several months ago the affiliate here in Birmingham asked us to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct action program...

lecagle.bsky.social•36 days ago

...if such were deemed necessary. We readily consented, and when the hour came we lived up to our promise. So I, along with several members of my staff, am here because I was invited here. I am here because I have organizational ties here.

lecagle.bsky.social•36 days ago

But more basically, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord" far beyond the boundaries of their home towns...

libertyunderpants.bsky.social•36 days ago

Thank you for posting this.

lecagle.bsky.social•36 days ago

It is an instructive read at all times and today especially I am heartened by how deeply felt and strategic it is

libertyunderpants.bsky.social•36 days ago

I read it every year but yeah, this year I definitely felt the strategic part more.

paulakuokkanen.bsky.social•36 days ago

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