Mushandirapamwe wacho wakashandisa nzira dzakasiyana-siyana dzisina chisimba dzekupokana, kusanganisira kugara-mukati, kukotama-mukati mumakereke emunharaunda, uye kufamba kuenda kuchivako chedunhu kuchiratidza kutanga kwekutyaira kunyoresa vavhoti. Guta, zvisinei, rakawana murairo unorambidza kuratidzira kwese kwakadai. Vachifunga kuti murairo uyu hauna kuenderana nemutemo, mushandirapamwe wakazviramba uye vakagadzirira kusungwa kwakawanda kwevatsigiri vavo. King akasarudzwa kuti ave pakati pevakasungwa musi waApril 12, 1963. Paaiva mutirongo, King akanyora "Tsamba kubva kuBirmingham Jail" yake yakakurumbira kumucheto kwepepanhau, sezvo anga asina kubvumidzwa chero pepa rekunyora paaive akavharirwa ega. Vatsigiri vakakumbira manejimendi yaKennedy, iyo yakapinda mukusunungurwa kwaKing. King akabvumidzwa kufonera mukadzi wake, uyo aive kumba achirapa mushure mekuzvarwa kwemwana wavo wechina uye akaburitswa musi waApril 19.
Musi waApril 12, 1963