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  1. Understanding A Letter From Birmingham Jail
    date April 16, 1963map Jefferson, Alabamatags letter, Birmingham, Alabama

    After being arrested in downtown Birmingham on a Good Friday, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous letter, “A Letter From Birmingham Jail” responding to the criticism demonstrated by eight prominent white clergy man. This letter has been found important through out history because it expresses King’s feelings toward the unjust events and it is an example of a well-written argument....

  2. African Americans and Southern Labor Unions
    date 1967map Jefferson, Alabamatags Labor Unions, Race Relations, Civil Rights, african americans

    “The union wasn’t right by us,” was how James Manley summed up his experiences as an African American union member during an interview conducted by the Sloss Furnace Association. In 1984 Manley sat down in an interview with the goal of recording his thoughts on his career at Sloss Furnaces, a pig-iron producing blast furnace in Birmingham, Alabama. Manley spoke of being laid off in 1967 for no...