<P> An editor at The New York Times Magazine , Harvey Shapiro , asked King to write his letter for publication in the magazine , but the Times chose not to publish it . Extensive excerpts from the letter were published , without King 's consent , on May 19 , 1963 , in the New York Post Sunday Magazine . The letter was first published as `` Letter from Birmingham Jail '' in the June 1963 issue of Liberation , the June 12 , 1963 , edition of The Christian Century , and in the June 24 , 1963 , issue of The New Leader . The letter gained more popularity as summer went on , and was reprinted in the July Atlantic Monthly as `` The Negro Is Your Brother '' . King included a version of the full text in his 1964 book Why We Ca n't Wait . </P>
<P> An editor at The New York Times Magazine , Harvey Shapiro , asked King to write his letter for publication in the magazine , but the Times chose not to publish it . Extensive excerpts from the letter were published , without King 's consent , on May 19 , 1963 , in the New York Post Sunday Magazine . The letter was first published as `` Letter from Birmingham Jail '' in the June 1963 issue of Liberation , the June 12 , 1963 , edition of The Christian Century , and in the June 24 , 1963 , issue of The New Leader . The letter gained more popularity as summer went on , and was reprinted in the July Atlantic Monthly as `` The Negro Is Your Brother '' . King included a version of the full text in his 1964 book Why We Ca n't Wait . </P>
when was the letter from birmingham jail published
when was the letter from birmingham jail published
June 1963
June 1963