- an [[open letter]].
  - by [[Martin Luther King]].
  - #1963
  - > It says that people have a moral responsibility to [[break unjust laws]] and to [[take direct action]] rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through the courts.
    - -> [[civil disobedience]]:
      - [[injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere]]
      - [[justice too long delayed is justice denied]]
      - [[an unjust law is no law at all]]
  - Led to [[Why We Can't Wait]], a book which includes this letter and expands on it.