Letter from Birmingham jail The letter from Birmingham Jail was written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr. It is an emotional letter that address the issues and criticism that a group of white clergymen had hurled towards him and his pro-black American affiliation about him and his organization’s peace loving demonstrative behavior towards other person’s cultural and injustices among African Americans in Birmingham. Mr. King wrote this letter to stick up for his organization’s behavior and the memorandum is as well as a plea to the people of both black and white American society, as well as the social, religious and political community. He was trying to encourage the desegregation as well as encourage harmony and equality among all