A review by gracepick6290
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King Jr.

5.0

Why We Can't Wait contains the full text of King's “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” one of the most profound and significant American documents ever written. Bookending the letter is his account of the events of 1963, principally focusing on the protests in Birmingham. The book explains and expounds on many of the ideas addressed in his letter, especially his belief in the effectiveness of nonviolent protest, a response to the myth of timeliness, and his frustration with the passivity of the "white moderate."