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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.”
Why We Can’t Wait
Martin Luther King’s Classic Exploration of the events and forces behind the Civil Rights Movement
With an Afterword by Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
Introduction
1. The Negro Revolution - Why 1963?
2. The Sword That Heals
3. Bull Connor's Birmingham
4. New Day in Birmingham
5. Letter from Birmingham Jail
6. Black and White Together
7. The Summer of Our Discontent
8. The Days to Come
Afterword
Selected Bibliography
Index
Anonymous
Posted Mon Aug 20 00:00:00 EDT 2007
This book, which intimately captures the tactics and tensions of the Civil Rights Movement, is easily one of the most compelling arguments for social equality in all of American political writing.
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Ok wait not slow i wann marry u jimmy:)
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“No person has the right to rain on your dreams.”
“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power;
religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values.
The two are not rivals.”
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
And the famous......
“I Had a Dream....”
And can never forget.....
"Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty we are free at last."
¿If you don't know the voice to these quotes then you need to either go back to school or locate your library
as quick as you can. The visionist who, with courage, spoke these words to the ears of every person on the
planet. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. as you know is well known for his speaking for civil rights
movement in the time when folks didn't "get along well with other" because of the skin color. Back in the day
it was unheard of for White folk and Black folks could be seen together in a public place; for them to sit
casually in a resturant and just eat breakfast. Today...we hardly ever have this problem. Kids in school can
understand what their teachers mean by "segregated" "racial differences". To fully understand what really
happened back in the day, what took place and how the "people" felt it's always best to go to a non-fiction book.
And I, as your librarian, have the perfect book for the young minds that are trying to understand who, what,
where when and the why. Why We Can't Wait by the man himself, Martin Luther King Jr.
Why We Can't Wait talks about the Birmingham, Alabama (which was well known as the most racially
segregated city in the United States at that time) druing the 1963 which was a very crucial year for the civil
rights movement. King demonstrated with many other outspoken people to the world the power of nonviolent
direct action by examining the history of the civil rights struggle and the tasks that furture generations (like us)
must accomplish to bring about full equality.
The other reason why this book is perfect for young minds trying to understand what went on during that
time frame is that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote most of this book was written along with a "Letter from
Birmingham Jail" King wrote in April of 1963. Trying to get inside the mind of one of the great outspoken
leaders of our time? Try your local library and ask about Martin Luther King Jr. You might find something
you weren't even looking for!!!
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AMAZING! I LOVE DR KING!
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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 ...