Why We Can't Wait

Dr King s remarkable account of the struggle for civil rights in segregated Birmingham Alabama tracing the history of the movement back to its beginnings three centuries ago and looking to the future In this account of the struggle for civil rights in segregated Birmingham Alabama and assessment of the work ahead to bring about full equality for African Americans Dr King offers an analysis of the events that propelled the Civil Rights movement to the forefront of American consciousness Why We Can t Waitis an enduring testament to the wise and courageous vision of Martin Luther King Jr In this compelling account of the struggle for civil rights in segregated Birmingham Alabama and assessment of the work ahead to bring about full equality for African Americans Dr King offers analysis of the events that propelled the Civil Rights movement to the forefront of American consciousness Why We Can t Wait is an enduring testament to the wise and courageous vision of Martin Luther King Jr 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 moth