Letter from Birmingham Jail



Letter from Birmingham Jail

Introduction

There are two categories of law: mentioned as just & unjust, wrote Martin Luther King in jail, in the Easter weekend of 1963. "Everyone is morally bound to disobey unjust laws.” St. Thomas Aquinas would not have contradicted. The image of Martin Luther King engraved in the national memory is that of the pastor who spoke in Washington, 40 years ago, the famous speech "I Have a Dream," It is hard to imagine him in a cell in the city jail in Birmingham, huddled in a corner, alone, at sunset with no other ...