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Summary: Great Book
Review: I loved this book not only did it show the disparity between blacks and whites but also that there was the SCLU with a major effect on the South. We see King's battle with Alabama's law enforcement and see him rise to be a team player.
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Summary: Why we protest in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963.
Review: I often wonder why we honor Martin Luther King with a holiday. For those who wonder why, read this book. In this book, King uses non violent techniques to force a change in the structure of race relations in this brutal city. The sixties could have been such a violent time in America had it not been for Dr. King.
With his techniques, he changed the social landscape in the deep South for the better. Why we can't wait is his reason why blacks should not tolerate a gradual change in race relations, but one that recognizes that change is needed as soon as possible.
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Summary: Why we protest in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963.
Review: I often wonder why we honor Martin Luther King with a holiday. For those who wonder why, read this book. In this book, King uses non violent techniques to force a change in the structure of race relations in this brutal city. The sixties could have been such a violent time in America had it not been for Dr. King.
With his techniques, he changed the social landscape in the deep South for the better. Why we can't wait is his reason why blacks should not tolerate a gradual change in race relations, but one that recognizes that change is needed as soon as possible.
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Summary: It was a pretty good book
Review: I read this book in school, and it was pretty cool! It was not something that I would read in my spare time, it was kind of boring
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Summary: More than a history lesson
Review: It is very possible to go into this book not knowing what to expect and come out fully educated about Martin Luther King Jr.'s and Fred Shuttlesworth's endeavor to desegregate Birmingham, Alabama. In his eloquent style of writing, King patiently explains the situation for African Americans before, during, and after his movement for equality. One admires him as a human being much more after reading his own heartfelt words as he remembers these times. King uses simple logic to delineate exactly why he did what he did. Suddenly, after reading this book, a nonviolent direct action movement makes so much sense. History lesson? Story? Documentary in words? Why We Can't Wait is all of these, but above all, this is the work of one man's private and public struggle for civil change. Why we can't afford not to read this book: It looks back at a darker time in American history, more specifically, in 1963. As a student, just knowing that these turbulent times were not too long ago is somewhat upsetting. However, this book serves as a document marking how far America has come since then. The afterword by Jesse Jackson demonstrates this purpose perfectly.
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Summary: More than a history lesson
Review: It is very possible to go into this book not knowing what to expect and come out fully educated about Martin Luther King Jr.'s and Fred Shuttlesworth's endeavor to desegregate Birmingham, Alabama. In his eloquent style of writing, King patiently explains the situation for African Americans before, during, and after his movement for equality. One admires him as a human being much more after reading his own heartfelt words as he remembers these times. King uses simple logic to delineate exactly why he did what he did. Suddenly, after reading this book, a nonviolent direct action movement makes so much sense. History lesson? Story? Documentary in words? Why We Can't Wait is all of these, but above all, this is the work of one man's private and public struggle for civil change. Why we can't afford not to read this book: It looks back at a darker time in American history, more specifically, in 1963. As a student, just knowing that these turbulent times were not too long ago is somewhat upsetting. However, this book serves as a document marking how far America has come since then. The afterword by Jesse Jackson demonstrates this purpose perfectly.
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Summary: A vivid account of race relations in America
Review: This book definitely opened my eyes to some of the injustices that took place before my time. In general, it is a vivid behind-the-scenes account of the Civil Rights movement and gives a fascinating glimpse into how political movements are sustained and implemented.
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Summary: Why We Can't Wait
Review: This is a fantastic work by Martin Luther King Jr discussing the 1963 situation in Birmingham, Alabama, where King and others took a big step towards bringing down racism.King's words and ideas are truly provocing, and should be read by all - they are not just applicable to the situation in 1963, but also to our lives today. If everybody read this book and listened to its message, the world would be a better place.
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Summary: Non-violent is the way
Review: This is book is must read one for every human person who is about bringing change into this wicked world of capitalism/white supremecy."Why We Can't Wait" not only outlines the struggle of black citizens as they fought for their human rights. But it also shows how one can use their enemies' strengh and turn it into weakness. Dr. King and his suporters exposed the US government's barberic treatment, towards its own citizens. The lanuage is clear to the piont, it reads very quiek, and the book clearly shows why/how "injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice anywhere."
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Summary: Captivating and real
Review: What can be said of Dr. King not already said: he was a magnificent and nation-changing individual and just as important, if not more so, to this nation as the British Founding Fathers. On the premis that "[f]reedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed[,]" this book argues the foundation of the social outlook of his movement and for a more natural worldview. The arguments are based on what Dr. King knew: the Church Fathers (eg, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas), the US Constitution, and a realistic belief in people being equal in the sense of all being human and there being no subsets. I wish every person in the world could read and fully understand this book.
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