Letter From Birmingham Jail

Why were these writings — “A Call for Unity” in The Birmingham (Ala.) News and King’s response in The Christian Century and then reprinted in Atlantic Monthly — called “letters”?

  • Why were these writings — “A Call for Unity” in The Birmingham (Ala.) News and King’s response in The Christian Centuryand then reprinted in Atlantic Monthly — called “letters”?
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They are essentially letters addressed to a group of people yet also speak to the entire nation.

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