Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week we highlight one of the most significant and consequential calls for racial equality and social justice in American History - “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” On Good Friday, April 12, 1963 - the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and fellow civil rights leaders were arrested in Birmingham, Alabama as they lead a now famous Campaign of non-violent direct action to protest racial segregation and oppression in that Southern City. In the early 1960s, Birmingham was one of the most racially segregated cities in the United States - enforced by both law and culture. Black citizens faced legal and economic oppression, and violent retribution when they attempted to even draw attention to these conditions The Birmingham Campaign would become a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. President Kennedy’s Address to the Nation on Civil Rights, the August 1963 March on Washington and many other events were a direct result of this campaign and Dr. King’s now famous letter. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Words Matter with Katie Barlow and Joe Lockhart.
0:12.0	Welcome to Words Matter, I'm Katie Barlow.
0:15.7	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:18.8	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:25.1	We want to have power and words have consequences.
0:33.1	Welcome to Words Matter.
0:35.1	Given all that has happened in this country over the last few weeks, we thought an important
0:39.6	this week to highlight one of the most significant and consequential calls for racial equality
0:45.2	and social justice in American history, a letter from Birmingham, jail.
0:50.5	On Good Friday, April 12, 1963, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and fellow civil
0:57.0	rights leaders were arrested in Birmingham, Alabama as they led a now famous campaign of
1:02.2	non-violent direct action to protest racial segregation and oppression in that southern
1:07.6	city.
1:09.4	In the early 1960s, Birmingham was one of the most racially segregated cities in the United
1:13.7	States, enforced by both law and culture.
1:17.5	Black citizens faced legal and economic oppression and violent retribution when they attempted
1:23.1	to even draw attention to these conditions.
1:27.0	The Birmingham campaign would become a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement of the
1:31.3	1960s.
1:33.2	President Kennedy's address to the nation on civil rights in June of 1963, the August
1:38.4	1963 March on Washington and many other significant events were a direct result of this campaign
1:45.0	and Dr. King's now famous letter.
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