Martin Luther King

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King, Martin, Letter from Birmingham City Jail

Answer to critics during the major campaign to desegregate Birmingham Alabama. President Kennedy intervened to get King released.

King, Martin, Stride Towards Freedom: The Montgomery Story

Account of year-long 1955 bus boycott which heralded a new stage of nonviolent direct action against segregation and launched King’s leadership.

King, Martin, Why We Can’t Wait

Answer to white leaders urging less militant confrontation and greater patience.