- Noirs américains, Civil rights, African Americans, Droits
In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. launched the Civil Rights movement and demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action with this letter from Birmingham Jail.
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About the book
- First published
- July 1, 1964
- Pages
- 159
- Publisher
- Signet Key Books, New American Library, Signet
- Editions
- 29
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780451041371
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“copies of Stride Toward Freedom, my book about the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56. As I signed my name to a page, I felt something sharp plunge force into my chest.”
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American baptist minister and civil rights movement leader, most famous for his speech "I have a dream", assassinated, the son on [Martin Luther King, Sr.](/a/OL1654795A) (1899-1984).
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