1954 – 1968
Civil Rights Era
Correspondence from the American Civil Rights Movement, documenting the struggle for racial equality and justice.
2 letters from this era
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Civil Rights
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. → Fellow Clergymen
My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities 'unwise and untimely.'
April 16, 1963 • Birmingham, Alabama
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Letter from Selma
John Lewis → His Parents
Tomorrow we will march to Montgomery. I do not know what will happen. The police may try to stop us. But we must march.
March 6, 1965 • Selma, Alabama