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Letter from Birmingham Jail
By (Author) Martin Luther King
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
26th February 2018
22nd February 2018
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Social discrimination and social justice
Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action
323.092
Paperback
64
Width 113mm, Height 160mm, Spine 6mm
46g
Fifty new books, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the most prominent leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. Widely regarded as one of the greatest activists in world history, he became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, aged 35. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.