Why We Can't Wait
$22.16
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2018
Summary
A classic exploration of the Civil Rights Movement by one of its most eloquent voices, published to coincide with the 50th commemoration of Martin Luther King’s assassination in April 2018.
In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially divided city in the United States. African-Americans lacked basic rights, earned less than half of what whites earned, and were regularly given unjust jail sentences for protesting. The Birmingham Campaign - a Civil Rights movement launche…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241345443 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241345448 |
| Author: | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 157g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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A champion for justice, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., helped awaken our Nation’s long-slumbering conscience and inspired a generation … He changed the course of history
A champion for justice, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., helped awaken our Nation’s long-slumbering conscience and inspired a generation … He changed the course of history – Barack ObamaMartin Luther King’s early words return to us today with enormous power, as profoundly true, as wise and inspiring, now as when he wrote them – Howard Zinn
About The Author
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the most prominent leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. Widely regarded as one of the greatest activists in history, he became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, aged 35. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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