Local activist Eric Hall speaks out after arrest, raises concerns about Birmingham jail conditions

Hall is now calling on city leaders to address what he describes as longstanding problems within the jail, urging officials ...
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How Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from a Birmingham jail became major part of civil rights movement

:43 IT WAS THE COURSE CORRECT FOR AMERICA :46 THE LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL. IT IS A RESPONSE TO ALL OF HIS CRITICS AROUND THE COUNTRY WRITTEN APRIL 1963 BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 19:10 I WAS IN ...

Birmingham activist Eric Hall arrested on domestic assault charge

Eric Hall, a well-known Birmingham activist and co-founder of the city’s Black Lives Matter chapter, was arrested Tuesday ...

Inmate dies days after suffering ‘medical event’ at Birmingham City Jail

An inmate at the Birmingham City Jail died days after being found “disoriented” during a health crisis in his cell. Donald ...
KOAT Albuquerque

Birmingham jail logs from 1963 signed by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. are up for auction

Related video above: 8 powerful Martin Luther King Jr. quotesBirmingham jailhouse logbook pages, signed multiple times by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., are up for auction for the first time.The logbook ...
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Birmingham jail logs with MLK signatures up for sale

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Arrested for leading a march against racial segregation in 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spent days in solitary confinement writing his “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” ...