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Why we can't wait. [electronic resource]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A Mentor bookPublication details: New York, New American Library [1964]Description: xi, 159 p. illus., ports. 18 cmISBN:
  • 0451626753
  • 9780451626752
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.45196073 20
LOC classification:
  • E185.61 .K54 1964
Other classification:
  • BL 7580
  • MG 70040
  • MG 70968
  • NQ 8457
Online resources:
Contents:
The Negro revolution, why 1963? -- The sword that heals -- Bull Connor's Birmingham -- New day in Birmingham -- Letter from Birmingham jail -- Black and White together -- The summer of our discontent -- The days to come.
Summary: In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. launched the Civil Rights movement and demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action with this letter from Birmingham Jail. Why We Can't Wait recounts not only the Birmingham campaign, but also examines the history of the civil rights struggle and the tasks that future generations must accomplish to bring about full equality for African Americans. Dr. King's eloquent analysis of these events propelled the Civil Rights movement from lunch counter sit-ins and prayer marches to the forefront of the American consciousness.
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The Negro revolution, why 1963? -- The sword that heals -- Bull Connor's Birmingham -- New day in Birmingham -- Letter from Birmingham jail -- Black and White together -- The summer of our discontent -- The days to come.

In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. launched the Civil Rights movement and demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action with this letter from Birmingham Jail. Why We Can't Wait recounts not only the Birmingham campaign, but also examines the history of the civil rights struggle and the tasks that future generations must accomplish to bring about full equality for African Americans. Dr. King's eloquent analysis of these events propelled the Civil Rights movement from lunch counter sit-ins and prayer marches to the forefront of the American consciousness.

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