Letter from Birmingham Jail

De: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Narrado por: Dion Graham

Audie Award Finalist, Original Work, 2013

April 16th, the year is 1963. Birmingham, Alabama, has had a spring of nonviolent protests known as the Birmingham Campaign, seeking to draw attention to the segregation against Blacks by the city government and downtown retailers. The organizers longed to create a nonviolent tension so severe that the powers that be would be forced to address the rampant racism head on. Recently arrested was Martin Luther King, Jr....

It is there in that jail cell that he writes this letter; on the margins of a newspaper he pens this defense of nonviolence against segregation. His accusers, though many, in this case were not the White racist leaders or retailers he protested against, but eight Black men who saw him as "other" and as too extreme. To them and to the world he defended the notion that "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".

Public Domain (P)2013 eChristian

So much of this still rings true today.

If any American citizen has not read or listened to MLK's - Letter From Birmingham Jail they should absolutely do so. It is such an important part of our countries history and the fight for equal rights and justice ⚖ of all America's people. knowledge is power and without knowledge and understanding History has a tendency to repeat itself.

powerful

Sadly still so relevant today. Powerful, eloquent and beautiful words by Reverend King Jr.

Must listen!

Everyone should listen to MLK’s Letter. The insight, perspective and guidance is crucial in our world.

A reminder, the work is not done.

This writing of Dr. King is a reminder to us all that the plight of equality is always a now thing. The ideals put forth in these words will always be applicable when one group is the ‘robber’.

“The time is always ripe to do the right thing.”

TGH

Excellent reading of an amazing letter

Truly a beautiful and cutting piece of work, Dr. king couldn’t know the importance of this letter.

Excellent and relevant

Excellent! This letter / book is relevant for today it should be mandatory reading for High School students as they are living this reality and shaping the world to come.

Overall excellent

I loved the passion the narrator used. It was as if Martin himself was reading the letter out loud.

Narrator captured the tone and sincerity of Dr. King’s words.

By closing this eloquent letter with “Yours for the cause of peace and brotherhood” (Martin Luther King, Jr.), Dr. King reminds his audience of the heart of the words on the page.

How wonderful.

I bought this audiobook because of James Comey's loving recommendation in his own book A Higher Loyalty. To hear it narrated brings it alive and I highly recommend it. Thanks James!

Oh my!

So moving and applicable today. Are we sure this was written in 1963 and not 2018?