American Literature / Unit 17 AML 1634 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Letter From Birmingham Jail"
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The idea
The anchor records that King joined a large protest in Birmingham for fair hiring and the desegregation of department stores, that police brutality was used against the protesters, and that he was arrested. He wrote the letter during that ordeal, addressed to critics of the campaign.
In practice
A letter written from inside the jail.
Where people slip
The occasion is one specific arrest.
Your place on the trail
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