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Why We Can't Wait

by Martin Luther Jr King
Why We Can't Wait

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ISBN13: 9780451527530
ISBN10: 0451527534
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Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963

“Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, ‘Wait.’ But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim…when you see the vast majority of twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children, and see ominous clouds of inferiority beginning to form in her little mental sky…when you take a cross-country drive and find it necessary to sleep night after night in the uncomfortable corners of your automobile because no motel will accept you…when…your wife and mother are never given the respected title ‘Mrs.’…when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of ‘nobodiness’—then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait. There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair.”


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Highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand the forces behind the Civil Rights Movement. This is a compelling and ultimately readable account of the events of the summer of 1963 that led to the end of segregation and reminds us of how far we have come.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780451527530
Binding:
Mass Market
Publication date:
01/01/2000
Publisher:
Signet Classics
Series info:
Signet Classics
Pages:
240
Height:
.70IN
Width:
4.20IN
Thickness:
.75
Series:
Signet Classics Paperback
Age Range:
18 and up
Grade Range:
13 and up
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2000
Series Volume:
99-5
UPC Code:
2800451527532
Author:
Martin Luther King
Afterword:
Jesse L. Jackson
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
History
Subject:
African Americans--Civil rights
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
Civil rights movements
Subject:
United States Race relations.
Subject:
African American Studies-General
Subject:
Afro-americans

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