MLK Writes Incredible Letter From Alabama Jail -- 50 Years Ago Today

In the spring of 1963, Martin Luther King led a series of protests against segregation in Birmingham, Ala. Police fought back with attack dogs and high-pressure fire hoses and jailed King and hundreds of demonstrators. Sitting in his cell, he wrote this letter in response to a public statement of concern by eight white religious leaders from the South. Here is that letter: April 16, 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statemen...