Letter from Birmingham City Jail

  • Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, 1963
By Martin Luther King, Jr.
Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, 1963. Very Good. Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, 1963. Third Printing. Octavo; 15pp. Stapled pictorial wrappers. A few nicks to edges of wraps with faint spotting to rear; curling to corners; 1" split along bottom edge of spine, but binding otherwise sound and interior unmarked. Still a Very Good copy.

One of the landmark documents of the Civil Rights Movement, "Letter From Birmingham City Jail" is an open letter advocating for non-violent resistance and civil disobedience, written in response to the "Call For Unity" campaign. Includes the introduction from Colin Bell from the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization which obtained permission from King to publish his letter just a month after it was written.

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