Matt O'Reilly, PhD

Given that today is Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, I decided it appropriate to read something by this great man who courageously battled for civil rights and desegregation. So, I pulled a book off the shelf containing many and various documents of great importance in American history, including King’s “Letter from the Birmingham Jail.” As I read through the letter I was struck by many things, not least his nuanced self-understanding not only as an advocate of civil rights but