![]() It contains words many found offensive then and many will find offensive now. Here are selections from his response read by James Earl Jones. ![]() King took that to be yet another way of saying wait. They said they recognize the, quote, "natural impatience of people who feel their hopes are slow in being realized." They also called the protest unwise and untimely and suggested local protesters abandon demonstrations and negotiate instead. It was written by eight white Alabama clergymen. While there, he was given a copy of an open letter about the protest. On Good Friday, King and other black protesters were arrested and jailed for parading without a permit. It must be demanded by the oppressed.ĬORNISH: That's actor James Earl Jones reading from King's "Letter From Birmingham Jail." King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference launched the Birmingham campaign in 1963, a series of nonviolent protests and boycotts in that Alabama city meant to pressure businesses to desegregate and business owners to hire people of all races. JAMES EARL JONES: (Reading) We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. ![]() Today, on the federal holiday dedicated to him and his legacy, we take a moment to do just that. ![]() would have celebrated his 90th birthday last week. Had he not been assassinated in 1968, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. ![]()
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