On April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail, responding to criticism from eight white Alabama clergymen who had called his protests unwise and untimely. In his letter, King eloquently defended the strategy of nonviolent resistance and called for civil disobedience against unjust laws. The letter became a foundational text in the Civil Rights Movement and a powerful argument for justice and equality. It highlighted the moral urgency of the struggle for civil rights. Kings letter remains one of his most enduring contributions to the movement.