Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson essays radical and inspiring poems moving and disturbing stories surreal and fabulous taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space. In Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, King’s campaign to end segregation at lunch counters and in hiring practices drew nationwide attention when police turned dogs and fire hoses on the demonstrators. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. The letter from the Birmingham jail of Martin Luther King, Jr. This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects on the healing power of love. MLK Jr. King and many civil rights leaders were in Birmingham as a part of a coordinated campaign of sit-ins and. 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' King wrote this epic letter on April 16th, 1963 as a political prisoner.
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