A lokacin da yake kurkuku, King ya rubuta sanannen "Littattafan daga Birmingham Jail" a gefen jarida, tun da ba a ba shi izinin rubuta takarda ba yayin da aka tsare shi a cikin kurkuku. Magoya bayan sun yi kira ga gwamnatin Kennedy, wanda ya shiga tsakani don sakin King. An ba da izinin King ya kira matarsa, wanda ke dawowa gida bayan haihuwar ɗansu na huɗu kuma an sake shi a ranar 19 ga Afrilu. Tambaya: A lokacin da aka kama King?
Afrilu 12, 1963