Card VIII-14: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. – We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Series VIII · Card 14 of 21 · THE SCRIPTORIUM

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. · LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL · 1963

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Source

“Letter from Birmingham Jail”, 16 April 1963

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About the author

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968). Led the non-violent movement against segregation and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

The question on the back

How many of your freedoms did you have to fight for yourself?