nooligan x hidedemons: journal (11)
presents:
ol’ shine
(a day n’ history)
birmingham
today, april 16th 1963
In Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, King’s campaign to end segregation at lunch counters and in hiring practices drew nationwide attention when police turned dogs and fire hoses on the demonstrators. King was jailed along with large numbers of his supporters, including hundreds of schoolchildren. His supporters did not, however, include all the Black clergy of Birmingham, and he was strongly opposed by some of the white clergy who had issued a statement urging African Americans not to support the demonstrations. From the Birmingham jail, King wrote a letter of great eloquence in which he spelled out his philosophy of nonviolence: “letter from birmingham jail”
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
martin luther king jr. - birmingham
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