An Alabama county has passed a resolution to preserve a jail cell where civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is believed to have been held months before he was assassinated in 1968.

BESSEMER, Alabama -- While Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest and imprisonment in Birmingham has become the stuff of civil rights legend, his brief stay in a Bessemer jail cell is a relatively ...

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader, goes to jail in Birmingham, Ala., May 8, 1963, after being convicted of parading without a permit.

In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama as a result of his continuing crusade for civil rights. While there, he was the subject of criticism by eight white clergymen, wh… ...

Fifty years ago today, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. penned "Letter from Birmingham Jail" after being arrested and incarcerated on April 12, 1963.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began writing the “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” in the margins of newspapers, on scraps of paper, paper towels and slips of yellow legal paper smuggled into ...

Description. In April, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for marching in Birmingham, Alabama. While in jail, King wrote a letter to eight white religious leaders in the south in ...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King wrote his letter on April 16, 1963. ... 1968) (center right) smile and greet supports as they as released from jail, Birmingham, Alabama, April 20, 1963.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter helped unveil a historical marker on Tuesday in the Alabama city where he penned his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail," as people worldwide held readings to ...

04-14-2021 U.S. Senate U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock reads Letter from Birmingham Jail written by Georgia’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Shelia Poole April 5, 2013 ...

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed in Birmingham, Ala. He wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail." James Earl Jones reads an excerpt of the letter at a 1988 event at New York's 92nd Street Y.