A Shadow Over Birmingham: The Political and Religious Context of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail
Abstract
This research investigates Martin Luther King, Jr.' s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the political and religious context of the letter. The methodological approach was interdisciplinary, including oral historical and qualitative and rhetorical analyses. Comparing interviews and personal letters to popular accounts of the Birmingham demonstrations, the essay substantiates that the religious and political complexity in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 has been overlooked by civil rights scholars. The purpose of the thesis is two-fold: to expose the racial complexity (or shadow) in Birmingham and to add to the body of knowledge concerning King's letter and the civil rights protests in Birmingham
Description
Program year: 1996/1997Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Subject
Letter from Birmingham JailMartin Luther King, Jr.
Birmingham, Alabama
civil rights
oral historical
politics
religion
Citation
Sneller, Chris (1997). A Shadow Over Birmingham: The Political and Religious Context of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. University Undergraduate Fellow. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -SnellerC _1997.