Artist: Kimberly Jones
School: Lincoln Elementary
"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
1963 May 19: Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is issued to the public in a press release. Begun April 16 from the Birmingham City Jail, where King was under arrest for participation in civil rights demonstrations, the letter was addressed to eight local clergymen who had recently urged civil rights leaders to use the courts and local negotiations instead of mass demonstrations to promote their cause in Birmingham. King's letter, which soon became a classic text of the civil rights movement, rejected the clergymen's plea.
Return to Archives Week Art main page
Created: October 11, 2007
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/2007Archives_Week_art/Kimberly_Jones.html
