Martin Luther King16 April 1963
King completes his defence of nonviolent direct action while imprisoned in Birmingham.
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King completes his defence of nonviolent direct action while imprisoned in Birmingham.
Writes Letter from Birmingham Jail, defending nonviolent civil disobedience against unjust laws.
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