All about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. January 15, 2018 1:11 AM J. Scott Wilson Posted: January 15, 2018 1:11 AM Updated: May 24, 2021 9:53 PM by J. Scott Wilson Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-1229961963: Martin Luther King Jr. pens his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against racial segregation by Birmingham's city government and downtown retailers. FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrint