Letter from the Birmingham Jail
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- 1
- First edition
- American Friends Service Committee, 1963
The first edition of Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. was published in Philadelphia by American Friends Service Committee in 1963. We track 1 edition.
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- 1st American Friends Service Committee1963 Hardback I own Letter from Birmingham City Jail, American Friends Service Committee 1963 Log in to want this
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- 8 on Open Library, 7 in English
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Who published the first edition of Letter from the Birmingham Jail?
The first edition of Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. was published in Philadelphia by American Friends Service Committee in 1963.
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