Free access to the ebook through NC LIVE has been made possible by the support of the UNC System. Students in the UNC System, North Carolina Community Colleges, and North Carolina public schools can access the book through their institution at the NC ebook link below.. Access is also available through public libraries in the state.
Students can access Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” (Chapter 20) through NC LIVE at the link below. If you are a UNC at Chapel Hill student, it is also available through the UNC Libraries.
If you do not have access from these platforms there are numerous copies of the letter freely available online as scans or facsimiles of the original draft typed from Dr. King’s hand-written notes.