May 15, 2008
King writes an impassioned defense to eight clergymen critical of his involvement in the Birmingham Campaign and calls for the church to support the movement.
June 24, 2008
King’s "Letter From Birmingham City Jail," was written as a response to eight local white clergymen who had demanded an end to the nonviolent demonstrations for desegregation in restrooms, lunch counters and stores. It is now considered a classic of world literature. This student guide was created by Michael Wilson as part of his honors thesis while attending Stanford University.
October 07, 2008
This lesson encourages students to reflect on nonviolence as an instrument to change unjust laws by studying the Birmingham Campaign of 1963.
October 07, 2008
Part one of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
October 07, 2008
Part two of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part three of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part four of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part Five of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part six of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part six of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part one of the roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part two of the roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part three of the roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part four of the roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part five of the roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Essential questions for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
May 15, 2008
King writes an impassioned defense to eight clergymen critical of his involvement in the Birmingham Campaign and calls for the church to support the movement.
October 07, 2008
This lesson encourages students to reflect on nonviolence as an instrument to change unjust laws by studying the Birmingham Campaign of 1963.
October 07, 2008
Part three of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part one of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
October 07, 2008
Essential questions for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part two of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part one of the roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part six of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part six of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part four of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part Five of the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part five of the roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part two of the roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part four of the roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
October 07, 2008
Part three of the roleplay activity for the LC lesson plan "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
March 01, 2008
King tells the momentous story of African American activism in Spring/Summer 1963.