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Letter from Birmingham Jail

open letter written by Martin Luther King, Jr
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Letter from Birmingham Jail

Summary

Letter from Birmingham Jail is an open letter[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of open_letter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,499 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Letter from Birmingham Jail authored Martin Luther King Jr.[3].
  • Letter from Birmingham Jail's instance of is recorded as open letter[4].
  • Letter from Birmingham Jail's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • Letter from Birmingham Jail's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • April 16, 1963 marks the founding of Letter from Birmingham Jail[7].
  • Letter from Birmingham Jail's main subject is civil rights movement[8].
  • Letter from Birmingham Jail's P14901 is recorded as letter-from-birmingham-jail[9].

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Context

Letter from Birmingham Jail's instance of is recorded as open letter[4].

Why It Matters

Letter from Birmingham Jail ranks in the top 5% of open_letter entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,499 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Martin Luther King Jr. United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → United States
    Instance of → open letter
    Country of origin → —
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55023|batch #55023]]: Encyclopedia of Alabama update - add values for P14901 based on existing values of P6010"
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