Bass, S. Jonathan. Primary Author mixed material bibliography Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 2001 monographic en English

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xv, ill. 224 p.; 24 cm Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is arguably the most important written document of the civil rights protest era and a widely read modern literary classic. Personally addressed to eight white Birmingham clergy who sought to avoid violence by publicly discouraging King’s civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, the nationally published “Letter” captured the essence of the struggle for racial equality and provided a blistering critique of the gradualist approach to racial justice. It soon became part of American folklore, and the image of King penning his epistle from a prison cell remains among the most moving of the era. Yet, as S. Jonathan Bass explains in the first comprehensive history of King’s “Letter,” this image and the piece’s literary appeal conceal a much more complex tale. Martin Luther King Jr. biography - history - 21st century 323.09227087126551 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 323.09227 Bas b 03202201112 Non Fiction 323.09227 Bas b 96772 2022-01-21 19:33:50 2022-04-04 11:56:44 machine generated