![]() This event is also part of Office of Alumni Relations’ Social Justice Series. The address, which launches the series “Campus Conversations about Social Justice Activism,” is open to the public, free of charge. ![]() in Fitzgibbon Recital Hall, Lynn Center for Fine Arts. Parrish-Wright will present “People Power: King’s Legacy of Activism.” Thursday, Jan. In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Hanover College will host a special address by Kentucky-based community leader, activist and national speaker Shameka Parrish-Wright. King’s 6,000-word letter, published nationwide by newspapers and magazines in the following months, is now considered a classic document of civil disobedience. In the text, King emphasized the moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct nonviolent action rather than wait for justice to come through the courts. ![]() “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was hand-written April 16, 1963, as a response to a public statement issued by eight white religious leaders who believed racial segregation should be decided in the judicial system. ![]() ![]() While incarcerated for his participation in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation, King penned one of the most famous documents in the history of the U.S. For eight days in April 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. ![]()
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