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The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

American civil rights leader (1929–1968)

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and political philosopher who was a leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of…
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Letter from Birmingham Jail

Open letter written by Martin Luther King, Jr

The "Letter from Birmingham Jail", also known as the "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" and "The Negro Is Your Brother", is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr. It says that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct…
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