"Letter from Birmingham City Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.," 1963

Artifact

Booklet

Date Made

September 1963

Subject Date

16 April 1963

Creators

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 

American Friends Service Committee 

Place of Creation

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 

Keywords

United States, Alabama, Birmingham 

Booklets 

Letters (Correspondence) 

African Americans 

Civil rights 

Civil rights demonstrations 

Civil rights leaders 

Clergy 

Jails (Institutions) 

Racial discrimination 

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Letter from Birmingham Jail 

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 

Southern Christian Leadership Conference 

Object ID

2022.203.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 9 in

Width: 6 in