Title:
Why we can't wait / Martin Luther King, Jr.
ISBN:
9780807001127
9780807001141
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Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Beacon Press, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
xiii, 193 pages, [8 pages of plates] : illustrations ; 22 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1964.
Introduction by Dorothy Cotton, copyright 2010.
Contents:
Introduction / Dorothy Cotton -- 1964 Introduction by Martin Luther King -- 1: Negro Revolution-why 1963? -- 2: Sword that heals-- 3: Bull Connor's Birmingham -- 4: New day in Birmingham -- 5: Letter from Birmingham jail -- 6: Black and white together -- 7: Summer of our discontent -- 8: Days to come -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
Recounts the Birmingham campaign in vivid detail, while underscoring why 1963 was such a crucial year for the civil rights movement. During this time, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States, but the campaign launched by Fred Shuttlesworth, King, and others demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action. 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.
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OCLC Number:
ocn609529685
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