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What is the historical context of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail?

1. Dr. King wrote the letter from a jail cell in Alabama.
2. Dr. King hoped the letter would be published in a newspaper.
3. Dr. King wrote the letter at a time when America was segregate.
4. Dr. King hoped that people would read his letter.

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I will tell you about what he feels the city have done to the black people in the community and why he did what he did.

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