Why We Can’t Wait

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Why We Can’t Wait (World Philosophers and Their Works)

Context

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Why We Can’t Wait was written in 1963 and published in early 1964. The Civil Rights movement in the United States had achieved several notable successes in the previous months, including President John F. Kennedy’s support for a civil rights bill and the March on Washington, during which King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. However, King and his supporters had received criticism for their efforts, with some observers charging that they expected too much, while more militant activists declared that they asked for...

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See Also:

• Martin Luther King, Jr. (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (Censorship)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ethics)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (Identities and Issues)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (Sixties in America)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (World Philosophers)