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Why We Can't Wait

Why We Can't Wait

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Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.Author Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
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  • Publisher: Beacon Press
  • On Sale: January 11, 2011
  • Price: $14.00
  • ISBN: 978-0-8070-0112-7 (0-8070-0112-0)
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
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Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963

In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States, but the campaign launched by Fred Shuttlesworth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action.

Often applauded as King’s most incisive and eloquent book, Why We Can’t Wait recounts the Birmingham campaign in vivid detail, while underscoring why 1963 was such a crucial year for the civil rights movement. King examines the history of the civil rights struggle and the tasks that future generations must accomplish to bring about full equality. The book also includes the extraordinary “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” which King wrote in April of 1963.

“No child should graduate from high school without having read this book. In telling the story of the third American Revolution, it is as integral to American history as the Declaration of Independence.” –Jesse Jackson