Letter from Birmingham Jail

Born in 1929 in Atlanta Georgia <b>Martin Luther King Jr.</b> was one of the most prominent leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. Widely regarded as one of the greatest activists in history he became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize aged 35. King was assassinated on April 4 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. <p><b>'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'</b><br><br>This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct non-violent resistance in the fight against racism and reflects on the healing power of love.<br><br>Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.</p> <p><b>'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'</b><br><br>This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct non-violent resistance in the fight against racism and reflects on the healing power of love.<br><br>Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.</p>