On April 10th, 1963, Judge W.A. Jenkins Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama, issued a blanket order prohibiting parading, demonstrating and boycotting throughout the entire city by demonstrators in the civil rights movement.

Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and his allies decided to defy that order to peacefully protest for their rights.

He was arrested and thrown in jail.

While he was there, eight clergymen in Alabama posted a letter in the newspaper,

criticizing him for leading nonviolent peaceful demonstrations. He responded with what is now known as letter from the

Birmingham Jail. As you know this isn't a current events podcast, but I can't

talk about changing the culture. I can't talk about how we can make

things better without addressing the issues that are right here right in front of us.

Black Lives Matter. State-sponsored violence against people because of the

color of their skin is intolerable. It is not okay that we have built systems of systemic racism that treat people differently simply because

of what they look like.

The rest of this podcast is Dr King's letter.

About five years ago my friend Willie Jackson

discovered that there was no audio version of the letter.

So he went ahead and assembled an all-star cast to make one.

At the end I'll come back and read the credits.

Thanks to Willie Jackson for giving me permission to use his recording.

This is a Kimbo.

We'll be back with Dr. King.

We'll be back with Dr. King.

But first, here's an announcement from our featured nonprofit

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