Baldwin County jail no longer housing ICE detainees without criminal charges
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainees without criminal charges will no longer be held at a Baldwin County jail.
Lawsuit alleges inhumane conditions, neglect at Birmingham jail caused woman’s death
The Birmingham City Jail is a warehouse for humans where inhumane conditions and neglect from staff caused a woman’s ...
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Why he couldn’t wait: Dr. Martin Luther King’s letter from Birmingham Jail
In response, King wrote a letter from Birmingham City Jail, noting, “I guess it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, ‘Wait.’ ” It stands today as ...
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MLK’s iconic ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ remains powerful today. Here’s why.
In the solace of a Birmingham jail in April 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned what many consider “one of the greatest documents ever written by an American.” King came across an article ...
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The White church still owes “Letter from Birmingham Jail” an answer
He was arrested and taken to the city jail in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was placed in solitary confinement. The freedom movement was at an early stage in Birmingham, and with King in jail, it ...