Introduction : The cry for justice -- The prelude. Prisoner: This is blasphemy ; Not enough Negroes are ready to die in Birmingham ; Traitors to their race ; Meet me in Galilee -- The letter. Diplomat ...

April 16 highlights the Texas City disaster, MLK's Birmingham letter, Lenin’s return, Apollo 16, and key historic events ...

On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...

That sentiment from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is as pertinent today as it was when he penned it 61 years ago. While many advances toward racial equity have been ...

The prison bench where Martin Luther King Jr. penned one of his best-known letters will be displayed at the Museum of the American Revolution later this year. The metal seat from which the civil ...

SARANAC LAKE – The “Letter from Birmingham Jail” has been called the classic document of the American Civil Rights Movement. April 16 marks the 50th anniversary of the day that Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sixty-two years after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's pen touches paper in a Birmingham jail cell, I contemplate the walls that ...

In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama as a result of his continuing crusade for civil rights. While there, he was the subject of criticism by eight white clergymen, who ...

The Peninsula Solidarity Cohort is sponsoring a Jan. 20 reading of “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day — and acknowledging the presidential inauguration — with the ...

Writing for the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Idea blog, Dr. Eric L. Motley, a vice president at the institute, explains the power of “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” which he read for the first time with his ...

April 16 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1862, the U.S. Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day. In 1912, ...