Letter from Birmingham Jail (Penguin Modern)

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'

This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects on the healing power of love.

Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

• ISBN10: 0241339464
• ISBN13: 9780241339466
• Publish Date: 22 February 2018 (first published 15 April 2013)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint: Penguin Classics
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 64
• Language: English

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

Re-reading this because sadly I have a friend who’s dredging up all the white moderate Christian protests to protests that MLK refuted sixty years ago.