:43 IT WAS THE COURSE CORRECT FOR AMERICA :46 THE LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL. IT IS A RESPONSE TO ALL OF HIS CRITICS AROUND THE COUNTRY WRITTEN APRIL 1963 BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 19:10 I WAS IN ...

The Ministry of Justice is stepping in to take over the running of HMP Birmingham after officials decided private contractor G4S could not cope with the out-of-control prison. It comes after a damning ...

An attorney for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped smuggle out snippets of King’s writing that became the “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” has died. When King was behind bars at the ...

What does the “Letter From Birmingham Jail” reveal about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., known as an agent of social change, a dreamer and peacemaker? That he was at times angry and frustrated, yet ...

(RNS) — It’s been more than half a century since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on scraps of paper, but faith leaders say his response to white clergy ...

In his lifetime, Martin Luther King Jr. gave more than 2,500 speeches, but one of his most famous works didn’t take place on a stage with thousands of people but in the solitude of imprisonment. In ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A convicted felon was sentenced to five years in prison for a gun crime, according to U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona on Monday. Herman Steen, 35, was sentenced to 60 months ...

Some 240 prisoners are being moved out of HMP Birmingham after a riot at one of the country's biggest jails. Hundreds of inmates were caught up in the disorder and four wings at the privately-run jail ...