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Why We Can't Wait

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ISBN-10: 0807001120

ISBN-13: 9780807001127

Edition: 2010

Authors: Martin Luther King, Dorothy Cotton, Martin Luther King

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Dr. Kingrs"s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States, but the campaign launched by Fred Shuttlesworth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action. Often applauded as Kingrs"s most incisive and eloquent book,Why We Canrs"t Waitrecounts the Birmingham campaign in vivid detail, while underscoring why 1963 was such a crucial year for the civil rights movement. King examines the history of the civil rights struggle and the tasks that future generations must accomplish to bring…    
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Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 1/11/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.49" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Dorothy Cotton is lifelong civil rights activist who was the highest ranking woman in the Southern Leadership Conference (SCLC). She is a speaker, singer, peacemaker, and visionary dedicated to social justice.nbsp; She lives in Ithaca, New York.

Introduction
1964 Introduction
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
Selected Bibliography
Index