Martin Luther King, Jr, penned the “Letter from Birmingham Jail".
Rev Jim Wallis speaks during a virtual event on 26th April, 2023, to mark 60 years since the Rev. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.
Recent events and exhibitions tied to its anniversary have revealed the ongoing interest in and relevance of King’s letter, in which the civil rights leader proclaimed: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Arrested for leading a march against racial segregation, King spent days in solitary confinement writing his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” which was smuggled out and stirred the world by explaining why Black people couldn’t keep waiting for fair treatment.
In this file photo taken on 12th April, 1963, Rev Ralph Abernathy, left, and Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, right, are taken by a policeman as they led a line of demonstrators into the business section of Birmingham, Alabama. It’s been more than half a century since Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, wrote his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on scraps of paper, but faith leaders say his response to white clergy critics endures as a “road map” for those working on justice and equal rights.
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