Historical Context: 1963 (Letter from a Birmingham City Jail Program)

Historical Context: 1963

Tuesday, April 11, 7 pm

At the Hillsborough Library (137 W Margaret Ln, Hillsborough) with Dr. Freddie Parker (NCSU) & Dr. Patrick T. Smith (Duke). This conversation about the political and cultural climate of our nation in 1963 will help participants to better understand the context in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous Letter from a Birmingham City Jail.

This is part of a series of programs to mark the 60th anniversary of King’s Letter from a Birmingham City Jail. To see the full lineup of programs, visit www.humanities.unc.edu/letter.