![]() The letter touches on familiar issues of importance to our own humanist and activist communities. (The letter is a passionate denouncement of complacency, so it might be most appropriate to read or listen to it in its entirety.)Īs with much of King's legacy, public consciousness of the letter often fixates on its most optimistic notes. ![]() ![]() Today we commemorate its 56th anniversary.įor those unfamiliar, the full text can be found here and audio here. Written to refute white moderate criticism of his methods, today the letter is celebrated as King’s famous treatise on the "necessary tension" of nonviolent protest. ![]() Written while King was jailed for an unpermitted march against segregation laws, his “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” was composed on newspaper scraps and toilet paper, in a moment when the civil rights movement seemed to verge on collapse. ![]()
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