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Letters From Birmingham Jail: the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter

May 1, 2013

Professor Bryan Fair, Assistant Dean Glory McLaughlin, and students Laura Chism, Jerome Dees, Erin Johnson, and Noah Jones participated in a reading of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on April 16. Hosted by the Law School’s Public Interest Institute, the event was one of more than 200 readings conducted around the globe.  Dr. King penned his famous letter 50 years ago while he was incarcerated in Birmingham April of 1963.


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