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How does King's letter show the importance of religious thought in the civil rights movement?

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In his 'letter from Birmingham jail', King wrote of his Christian duty “to carry the gospel of freedom” across America (King 1963:78). He compared civil rights protestors' acts of civil disobedience to the resistance of biblical dissidents, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

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