This MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR's "LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL" product provides students a chance to experience what happens when we stand up for what we believe in. This academic essay allows students to read and analyze this canonized work about fighting for our rights. 10th - 12th Graders will love this short work and product. Check it out!
SUMMARY:
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” responds to critiques that arose from non-violent protests that took place on 16th April 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. King reacts specifically to the eight white clergymen’s open letter in a newspaper that terms the protests as “unwise and untimely.”
This 11th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to understand the need for standing on your own and standing up for what is right.
This Product includes:
1. A Colored Version of the text
2. A Black & White Version of the text.
3. An Audio Version of the text.
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