A Letter Smuggled from a Cell
On April 12, 1963 — Good Friday — Birmingham police arrested Martin Luther King Jr. for defying a court injunction against public demonstrations. They led...
This is a contemporary on justice and prophetic voice, drawing on Acts 5:29.
On April 12, 1963 — Good Friday — Birmingham police arrested Martin Luther King Jr. for defying a court injunction against public demonstrations. They led him into the Birmingham City Jail, where he was placed in solitary confinement without even a mattress. Days later, a sympathizer smuggled in a copy of the Birmingham News containing a statement from eight white Alabama clergymen who called King's protests "unwise and untimely" and urged Black citizens to withdraw their support.…
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