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Why We Can't Wait (1964)

por Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Politics. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:Dr. King??s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 
 
On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city??s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response to local religious leaders?? criticism of the campaign. The resulting piece of extraordinary protest writing, ??Letter from Birmingham Jail,? was widely circulated and published in numerous periodicals. After the conclusion of the campaign and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, King further developed the ideas introduced in the letter in Why We Can??t Wait, which tells the story of African American activism in the spring and summer of 1963. During this time, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States, but the campaign launched by King, Fred Shuttlesworth, 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. Disappointed by the slow pace of school desegregation and civil rights legislation, King observed that by 1963??during which the country celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation??Asia and Africa were ??moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence but we still creep at a horse-and-buggy pace.?
 
King examines the history of the civil rights struggle, noting tasks that future generations must accomplish to bring about full equality, and asserts that African Americans have already waited over three centuries for civil rights and that it is time to be proactive: ??For years now, I have heard the word ??Wait!?? It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This ??Wait?? has almost always meant ??Never.?? We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, t
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Unfortunately, Martin Luther King’s legacy is often distilled into being a person who gave great speeches and advocated for a colorblind society. What’s missing in that simplistic view is his genius at organizing, his tactical brilliance, and his ability to create a vision that everyone could see. This book goes into all of that, in his own words. That helps as his actions aren’t being filtered or interpreted by someone else. King provides a great snapshot—almost like a historian—of 1963 and how the world was focusing their attentions after the assassination of President Kennedy. The main focus is on the actions in Birmingham and his ability to create a form of economic and racial justice for the people there. He also backtracks and provides a great deal of strategies—be it Biblical teachings, Gandhi, or his own understanding of America’s inhumane caste system. With social injustice still happening around the world, this book is important for anyone who has dedicated themselves to creating positive change. ( )
  JuntaKinte1968 | Dec 6, 2023 |
What’s important to remember when considering King’s legacy is that his vision of social justice changed in the late 60s to an economics of raising up the poor of all races. He knew that racial animosity would continue as long as the middle class could be convinced that the poor, minorities and immigrants should be derided and and scapegoated. The last thirty years have seen the economic hierarchy become even more skewed towards the 1%, who have grabbed the reins of political power through their proxies in the Republican Party. ( )
  jonbrammer | Jul 1, 2023 |
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  Murtra | Oct 9, 2020 |
Dr. King’s words are gems – Profound. Written with the eloquence of Shakespeare and the timeliness of today’s headlines. This book dispels the mythical, classroom teachings that tout the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, as an accidental occurrence – shedding light on the intricate plans, tactics and maneuvers of dedicates individuals and groups who understood the gravity of the mission: None are free, until all are free.
Squelching racial bigotry and “Jim Crow” laws was the widely viewed aim of the mission – but Civil Rights are the Basic Rights – Human Rights. These are the rights that so many (including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) sacrificed and died to give to all disenfranchised people, everywhere...SMILE!!! ( )
  Madamxtra | Dec 30, 2018 |
This book is about the life of people being a different color. It's starts off talking about the Emancipation of Proclamation when black people or bi-racial freedom. But in 1950-1963 African Americans were segregated from all white. They were not allowed to go to the same stores or any other places were white people were allowed to go and it was always like that for a very long time but then a man named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. showed up. He was a man who didn't believe in segregation and he would take march's and he gave his famous I have a dream speech. Many people believed in Martin and not everybody did because of the things that he was doing they used to be illegal back then so he was put in jail for the "wrong" thing s that he was doing. Eventually he was let out of jail and a couple years later in Memphis Tennessee he was assassinated on the balcony of his motel in 1968. In 2011 in Washington D.C they made a statue of him for the wonderful thing he did. ( )
  IyannaW.B4 | Jan 8, 2018 |
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Politics. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:Dr. King??s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 
 
On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city??s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response to local religious leaders?? criticism of the campaign. The resulting piece of extraordinary protest writing, ??Letter from Birmingham Jail,? was widely circulated and published in numerous periodicals. After the conclusion of the campaign and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, King further developed the ideas introduced in the letter in Why We Can??t Wait, which tells the story of African American activism in the spring and summer of 1963. During this time, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States, but the campaign launched by King, Fred Shuttlesworth, 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. Disappointed by the slow pace of school desegregation and civil rights legislation, King observed that by 1963??during which the country celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation??Asia and Africa were ??moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence but we still creep at a horse-and-buggy pace.?
 
King examines the history of the civil rights struggle, noting tasks that future generations must accomplish to bring about full equality, and asserts that African Americans have already waited over three centuries for civil rights and that it is time to be proactive: ??For years now, I have heard the word ??Wait!?? It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This ??Wait?? has almost always meant ??Never.?? We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, t

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