“Letter From Birmingham Jail”

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Happy MLK Day! In honor of the famed civil rights icon who is often whitewashed, often sanitized, often vilified; we have a special treat for you. On April 16, 1963, Dr. King wrote a lengthy letter to a coalition of white clergymen from a narrow jail cell in Birmingham, after being arrested by the police for nonviolent direct action. What he wrote eventually became one of the greatest pieces of writing every penned in English. For today’s episode, our Host Tyler Burns reads the entire speech for you. If you’ve never heard it read audibly, here is your chance! Gather your family around, put this episode on during your daily commute or workout, and hear the powerful words/arguments of Dr. King. Also! By request of one of our listeners, we will be doing a review of the polarizing Pixar film “Soul”. But...we need your help. We want to have a conversation with YOU. If you’re Black and you have strong feelings (positive or negative), questions, or comments about Soul, we want to hear from you! We want you to send us an audio recording of your thoughts. Here are the details: Share your first name Share where you’re listening from (as much as you feel comfortable) Share your opinion! Keep it at 30-45 seconds Email it to Tyler@thewitnessbcc.com with the subject line “PTM Soul Review” That’s it! We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by the 2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers from CT Creative Studio.
0:09.0	We invite you to choose an adventure for each person on your gift list. This guide holds the perfect text for every
0:15.8	reader. Visit Christmas Gift buying guide.com to browse our books. This is Pass the Mic. Greetings and God bless.
0:35.0	Welcome to another episode of Pass the Mic.
0:36.7	Dynamic Voices for a diverse church, powered by the Witness, a black Christian
0:40.9	collective.
0:41.9	I am your host Tyler Burns. You can follow me on
0:43.8	Twitter at Burns Clan as always follow at your own risk. And today I am
0:49.4	riding solo you guys, no Jamar, no guests, but I have something special planned for you.
0:54.7	Listen, let me just say this.
0:56.5	We really appreciate you as our listeners.
0:59.6	Doesn't matter where you're listening from, how old or young you are, whatever your station in life is, we really
1:04.9	appreciate you. And I just want to shout out you all for a couple of different reasons.
1:09.3	Actually, there's three main things I want to shout you out for. First, I want to shout out everyone who has given positive feedback, encouragement, affirmation about last week's episode on Black Triumph in an insurrection.
1:23.0	It really means so much to us
1:25.3	that you all have reposted it and shared it
1:27.7	and said you've listened multiple times.
1:29.4	Thank you all very much for that encouraging feedback.
1:33.0	You know, in 2021, I really want this to be the P.T.M.
1:37.0	Year of the listener.
1:38.0	I want this to be a time where our listeners feel more connected to us than ever before.
1:43.6	Our listeners really feel seen and valued and especially our black listeners really feel like they have a voice.
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