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Jonathan Rieder, author of the new book “Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter From Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation,” said many reporters initially ignored the letter. Photo courtesy Bloomsbury Press

(RNS2-apr12) Jonathan Rieder, author of the new book “Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter From Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation,” said many reporters initially ignored the letter. For use with RNS-KING-LETTER, transmitted on April 12, 2013, Photo courtesy Bloomsbury Press.