king wrote what became known as a letter from a birmingham jail. a stinging response to a group of white clergy in alabama who had denounced his tactics, and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. they insisted that he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. dr. king responded famously, injustice, anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. in his letter he rejected the idea that african american s should be more patient for change. in the face of the daily indignities inflicted by segregation. in the face of violence and threats and intimidation. there comes a time, he wrote, when the cup of endurance runs over. while i did not experience this struggle as a young child, a young white child growing up in the nearby birmingham suburb, i spent much of my adult life and career as a lawyer, and former united states attorney examining the history and absorbing its lessons. i have often returned to dr. kings letter, to understand the forces at play at the height of the civil rights shrug all. -- struggle. ea

king speak in august of 1963, he wrote a letter from the birmingham jail. the 16th of april, 1963, my dear fellow clergymen, this is dr. king's letter, while confined in the birmingham city jail, i came across my present statement calling it unwise and untimely. seldom do i pause to answer critics. if i sought to answer all the criticism that crossed my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything except for correspondence in the course of the day and i would have no time for constructive work. but since i feel that you are men of genuine goodwill be that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, i want to try to answer your statement in what i hope will be patient and reasonable terms. dr. king's letter went on to say, i think i should indicate why i am here in birmingham since you've been influenced by the view that argues against the quote, outsiders coming in, unquote. i had the honor as serving as president of the southern christian leadership conference, an organization operating in every southern state with headquarters in atlanta, georgia.

alabama democrat doug jones, marked the anniversary of martin luther king junior's letter from birmingham jail, which he wrote in 1963. joining senator jones were ted cruz and lisa murkowski. and democrats, kamala harris and tim kaine. sen. jones: i rise to talk about a great american.

woke up in jail in birmingham and began writing what is known as "the letter from birmingham jail." here are senator booker's remarks, followed by him taking pictures with attendees. ♪ ♪ sen. booker: all right, new jersey. [cheering and applause] all right. i want to start off -- didn't my mom do a great job? [cheering and applause] thank you, thank you. all right. i want to thank my mother. it was her example all my life, her example of grace and courage, and service. it was her love which is the reason why i am here today. i wish my dad could be here and in my heart, i believe he is here. we are here today to seek justice. we are here today because we are impatient for that justice. our sense of moral urgency, our impatience comes from the demanding of all values. it comes from love. [cheering] booker: love of our families, love of our communities, love of country, and love of each other. the mayor was right. newark, brick city. [cheering] sen. booker: this community taught me all about that love. it is not that feel good, easy-going love. it is strong, courageous love. it is defi

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very date, this very date, ,aturday, april 13 in 1963 martin luther king woke up in that jail cell in birminghame jail cell where he wrote on the margins of a newspaper that had been smuggled into him, he wrote this letter, these words. "for years now, i have heard the word wait. this weight has almost always meant never. come to see that justice too long delayed is justice denied. king on this date he spoke to the possibility of what we can achieve when we realize our own power and when we refuse to wait . refused to king wait. they brought down segregation in their city. america. america, we know our history. it is a perpetual testimony to impatient, demanding unrelenting people who, in every generation, for justice.ood up generations of americans have shown us what is possible when you refuse to wait and now it is our turn and we have worked to do. can't wait. america, we will not wait. together we will run at the top challenges. we will do the things that others say are impossible. to bel fulfill our pledge a nation of liberty and justice for all. , we will rise. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ is insident trump mi

and on this very date, this very 1963,saturday, april 13 martin luther king woke up in that jail cell in birmingham same jail cell where he wrote on the margins of a newspaper that had been smuggled into him, he wrote this letter, these words. for years now, i have heard the word wait. this wait has almost always meant never. we come to see that justice too long delayed is justice denied. on this date in history, he spoke to the possibility of what we can achieve when realize our own power. and when we refuse to wait. the children of birmingham and a man named king, joining arms with others show what is possible when they refused to wait and confront the dogs and fire hoses, when they confronted and defeated all copper and brought down segregation in their cities and america, america will we know our history. testimony totual impatience, demanding, unrelenting people who with every generation, stood up for justice. americans have shown as what is possible when they refused to wait, and now it is our turn, and we have work to do. america, we cannot wait. america, we will not wait. run at the topll c

very date, this very date, saturday, april 13th in 1963, martin luther king woke up in that jail cell in birmingham. that same jail cell where he wrote on the margins of a newspaper that had been smuggled in to him, he wrote this letter, these words. for years now, i have heard the word "wait." this wait has almost always meant never. we come to see that justice too long delayed is justice denied. martin luther king on this date in history, he spoke to the possibility of what we could achieve when we realize our own power and when we refuse to wait. the children of birmingham and a man named king joining arms with others showed what was possible when they refused to wait and confronted dogs and fire hoses, when they confronted and defeated and brought down segregation in their city. america, america, we know our history. it is a perpetual testimony to impatient, demanding, unrelenting people who in every generation with love stood up for justice. generations of americans have shown us what was possible when they refused to wait. and now it is our turn. and we have work to do. america, we can't wait

king's letter from a birmingham jail.ooker declaring we are here today to say we cannot wait, a debate on the vision for addressing social and economic ills of the country. here is more of what the senator had to stay in new york. [video clip] sen. booker: we are here today to say "we can't wait." [cheers and applause] >> we can't wait. we can't wait. we can't wait. [cheers] wait whenr: we can't powerful forces are turning their prejudice into politics and rolling back the rights of generations of americans file for antiheroes died for. we can't wait when this administration is putting children into cages, banning from entering the nation founded on religiou liberty, and preventing brain transgender americans from serving the country they love. and we can't wait, because many of our most serious challenges as a nation were with us long before donald trump entered the white house. [cheers and applause] sen. booker: we can't wait, because we have a criminal justice system that in the words of my friend ryan stevenson "treat

birmingham prison is being permanently ta ken back into public ownership ending private security firm g4s's involvement with the jailwn as winson green, in 2011 but in august last year, peter clarke, the chief inspector of prisons, said the jail had fallen into a "state of crisis" and was the "worst" he'd come across. this is the second time in three years that g45 has lost a major public sector contract. the party of president erdogan of turkey has suffered sweeping losses in local elections across the country, losing control of the capital, ankara. his akp party is also behind in the biggest city istanbul, with only a few ballot boxes left to be counted. voters appear to have turned against his party as the country suffers a deep recession. mark lowen reports from istanbul. it seemed to be unimaginable, but turkey's opposition candidate looks like he has done it, taking control of the country's economic powerhouse, istanbul. ekrem imamoglu seems to have won the city byjust a few thousand votes and he's savouring it. it went down to the wire last night. the governing ak party candidate, a former prime minister hims

birmingham pub bombings. free after almost a decade in jail, sally challen, who killed her husband with a hammer, has been released after a retrial. also coming up: donald trump repeats his warning to mexico to control illegal immigration and drug smuggling. and at 11:30pm we will be taking a look at the papers with michael booker from the express and susie boniface from the mirror. r--. gggaiar— welcome to of the european council asking to delay brexit until the 30th ofjune, but with the option to leave sooner if parliament can agree a deal. theresa may says the uk will now be preparing to take part in elections for the european parliament at the end of may — in case no agreement is reached. tonight, after three days of discussions, labour has criticised the government's approach calling it disappointing and said they've not come up with any changes to the prime minister's brexit deal. our deputy political editorjohn pienaar reports from westminster. it's a race against time, brexit. just not enough time. the pm's deputy still talking to labour today. not saying much though. lovely weather today, isn't it? some t

very date, this very date, saturday, april 13th, in 1963, martin luther king woke up in that jail cell in birmingham. that same jail cell where he wrote on the margins of a newspaper that had been smuggled into him, he wrote this letter, these words. for years now i have heard the word "wait." this wait has almost always meant never. we come to see that justice too long delayed is justice denied. martin luther king on this date in history, he spoke to the possibility of what we can achieve when we realize our own power and when we refuse to wait. the children of birmingham and a man named king joining arms with others showed what was possible when they refused to wait and confronted dogs and fire hoses, when they confronted and defeated bull connor and brought down segregation in their city. america, america we know our history. it is a perpetual testimony to impatient, demanding, unrelenting people who in every generation with love stood up for justice. generations of americans have shown us what was possible when they refused to wait and now it is our turn. and we have work to do. america, we can'

birmingham pub bombings. free after almost a decade in jail — sally challen, who killed her husband with a hammer, has been releasedhead of a retrial. and coming up — footballer danny rose criticises the lack of action in tackling racism in the sport. the england and spurs star says he cannot wait to return to turn his back on the game because of the problem. stephen king's classic horror story pet sematary is reimagined for the 21st century, starring jason clarke and john lithgow. see what mark kermode makes of that and the rest of this week's releases in the film review. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has asked the european union for a further delay to brexit untiljune 30. but she said preparations to take part in the elections for the european parliament at the end of may would continue in case there was no agreement. some european leaders say they're reluctant to approve the request and say britain needs to clarify its intentions ahead of an emergency eu summit next wednesday. meanwhile, after days of discussions between the government and labour to break the brexit deadlock, labour ha

birmingham pub bombings. free after almost a decade in jail.ally challen, who killed her husband with a hammer, has been released ahead of a retrial. hello and welcome to a at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with us, deputy editor of the daily express, michael booker, an economist at the daily mirror, susie boniface, who is adopting a huw edwards pose. i am assessing my dominance. it is very huw edwards. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the mail reports that police officers in some regions have been told to not hand out warnings to cannabis users. the financial times leads on the brexit deadlock — with european leaders' cool reaction to may's short extension request. the i's front page covers an investigation by the paper which found businesses paid police officers £123 million last year for private security. the telegraph reports that conservative mps have warned theresa may that her brexit strategy could harm the party's electoral prospects. the times' front page is leading on its investigation which claims some es

birmingham, alabama. over the course of last year, focused on the sheriff's office and basically looking at this practice, sheriff pocketing large sums of money that was intended to be spent in county jails. reported he kept over $750,000 of state, federal funds, and proceeded over three years and in the third year purchased a $740,000 beach house. he became the, quote, beach house sheriff and spent most of the air - >> not fit for human consumption. >> it was a neat product three inmate on the record have won,

birmingham pub bombings. free after almost a decade in jail, sally channel who killed her husband with a hammer attack has been released ahead of a retrial. and coming up — footballer danny rose criticses the lack of action in tackling racism in the sport. earlier today, the prime minister has asked the european union and meet the television channel that has been enjoying record audiences for politics. good evening and welcome to the programme. after several days of discussions between the government and labour to break the brexit deadlock, labour has denied said it is disappointed at what they said was a lack of real change or compromise. sir keir starmer has said the government is not offering changes to the withdrawal agreement 01’ changes to the withdrawal agreement or the political declaration. however this evening downing street has insisted it would be willing to make changes to secure a cross—party agreement and they were prepared to continue talks over the weekend. earlier today, the prime minister has asked the european union for a further delay to brexit untiljune the 30th. but she said preparations

the bbc has learned that birmingham prison is being permanently taken back into public ownership in a move which will end gas's involvement with the jailthe minimum wage goes up in what is in effect a pay rise for two million workers. but at the same time a string of household bills have gone up too. in a moment it will be time for sportsday. but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. on beyond 100 days — christian fraser is live from westminster as mps debate 4 alternative brexit proposals in a bit to break the deadlock over brexit. voting begins at 8 o'clock and we'll bring you the latest live from the house of commons. at10:40pm and again at 10:1i0pm and again at 11:30pm, lucy fisher from the times and sebastien payne from the ftjoin me for the papers. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday hello you're watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury. the headlines tonight. how do you solve a problem like morelos? the columbian is banned forfour matches after a fifth red card, in a fiesty old firm. we'll be at the emirates, where arsenal can leapfrog spurs into the premier leagu

forgotten because the people of birmingham will never forget the 21 lives that were tragically lost. sima kotecha, bbc news. a woman who has spent almost ten years in jailmmer attack has been released on bail tonight, after her conviction was quashed. sally challen, who was found guilty of murdering 61—year—old richard challen in 2011, now faces a retrial injuly. charlotte gallagher reports. sally challen, in prison for nearly ten years. tonight, she's been released. herfamily arriving here in the white car to collect her, just hours after a judge granted bail. her supporters, who were at the old bailey this morning, were thrilled with the decision. the family are all supporting sally. we have done from day one, and our strength builds and will build even further. you know, this is a fantastic day for us. sally and richard challen were married for 30 years, but in august 2010 sally killed her husband here at the family home in claygate in surrey, hitting him more than 20 times over the head with a hammer. she has never denied killing him but has always said it wasn't murder. in february, the court of appeal overturned her original murder conviction afte

birmingham, alabama. over the course of last year, focused on the sheriff's office and basically looking at this practice, sheriff pocketing large sums of money that was intended to be spent in county jails. reported he kept over $750,000 of state, federal funds, and proceeded over three years and in the third year purchased a $740,000 beach house. he became the, quote, beach house sheriff and spent most of the air - >> not fit for human consumption. >> it was a neat product three inmate on the record have won, they had been serving, worked in the kitchen, until they served a meat product to inmates and large amounts of weight towards small periods of time and they had a wide range of things to go through related to food so looking at a range of things, the sheriff spent his money which when you get a pistol permit, it costs money that goes into a fund, the sheriff use that to purchase campaign ad during his campaign and a number of other things he has done over the course of his career. >> i am joe palazzolo. i was with a team of reporters who reported the president's friend at the national enquirer and personal attorney michael cohen, women who alleged affairs with candidate trump duri

martin luther king's letter from a birmingham jail. now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the senate. the chaplain, dr. black, will

woke up in a king jail cell in birmingham.t same gel cell where he wrote on the margins of a newspaper that had been smuggled in, he wrote this letter, these words. "for years now, i have heard the word 'wait.' this wait has almost always meant to never. we come to see that justice to long-delayed is justice denied. -- justice denied." martin luther king spoke to this possibility of what we can achieve when we realize our own power and when we refuse to wait . the children of birmingham and a man named king joining arms with others, showed what was possible and they refused to wait when they confronted dogs and fire hoses. when they confronted and defeated bull conner and brought down segregation in their city. america, we know our history. it is a perpetual testimony to unrelentingmanding, people who in every generation with love, stood up for justice. generations of americans. they have shown us what was possible when they refused to wait, and the now, it is our turn. we have work to do. america, we can't wait. america, we w

birmingham prison. they have four other jails that they birmingham prison.ms that we re kent, remember all the problems that were exposed there by the bbc‘s panorama programme, that contract went back to the public sector in 2016 and now we have birmingham going back into the public sector. this is not a good day for g4s in terms of their reputation, even though in terms of their global concerns, it may not be the biggest contract they have. thank you. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. theresa may's chief whip attacks the government's handling of brexit — and accuses ministers of trying mps are preparing to vote again on a series of alternatives to theresa may's brexit deal in an attempt to break the deadlock in the commons. police and education chiefs have been attending a youth violence summit in downing street to discuss new ways of tackling knife crime. theresa may said the issue needed a "great cooperative long—term effort" from numerous bodies. in sport, following interest from real madrid and their manager zinedine zidane, ole g