Title Gospel of freedom : Martin Luther King, Jr.'s letter from Birmingham Jail and the struggle that changed a nation / Jonathan Rieder.

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Edition	First U.S. edition.
Physical Description	xviii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-207) and index.
Contents	Introduction : The cry for justice -- The prelude. Prisoner: This is blasphemy ; Not enough Negroes are ready to die in Birmingham ; Traitors to their race ; Meet me in Galilee -- The letter. Diplomat: My dear fellow clergymen ; The word "wait" rings in the ear of every Negro ; Everything the Nazis did was legal -- Prophet: I am an extremist ; What kind of people worship here? ; Abused and scorned though we may be -- The aftermath. Street fighter: Now is the time ; A child shall lead them ; Free at last? ; What killed these four girls? -- Epilogue : Words spoken to mankind -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix : The text of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
Summary	Jonathan Rieder delves deeper than anyone before into the King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" --illuminating both its timeless message and its crucial position in the history of civil rights.
Subject	King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Letter from Birmingham jail.
	Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Birmingham.
	Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations.
	Civil disobedience -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
	Nonviolence.