Beacon Pr 2011 Softcover New Reissue edition. 256 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches.

Beacon Pr, Date: 2011. Paperback. New. reissue edition. 256 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. 2011. Beacon Pr ISBN 0807001120 9780807001127 [GB]

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ISBN10: 0807001120, ISBN13: 9780807001127, [publisher: Beacon Press] Softcover pp. 256
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]

ISBN10: 0807001120, ISBN13: 9780807001127, [publisher: Beacon Press, Boston, MA] Softcover Paperback. Dr. King's best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city's streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response to local religious leaders' criticism of the campaign. The resulting piece of extraordinary protest writing, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," was widely circulated and published in numerous periodicals. After the conclusion of the campaign and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, King further developed the ideas introduced in the letter inWhy We Can't Wait,which tells the story of African American activism in the spring and summer of 1963. During this time, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States, but the campaign launched by King, Fred Shuttlesworth, and others demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action.Often applauded as King's most incisive and eloquent book,Why We Can't Waitrecounts the Birmingham campaign in vivid detail, while underscoring why 1963 was such a crucial year for the civil rights movement. Disappointed by the slow pace of school desegregation and civil rights legislation, King observed that by 1963-during which the country celebrated the ...

Boston: Beacon Press, Date: 2010. Reprint. Paperback. New. 193pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Photographic wraps. Martin Luther King Jr. writes about the nonviolent movement against racial segregation in the United States, and specifically the 1963 Birmingham campaign. The book describes 1963 as a landmark year in the civil rights movement, and as the beginning of America's "Negro Revolution". Includes "Letter from Birmingham Jail. 2010. Beacon Press ISBN 0807001120 9780807001127 [US]

ISBN10: 0807001120, ISBN13: 9780807001127, [publisher: Beacon Press, Boston] Softcover 193pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Photographic wraps. Martin Luther King Jr. writes about the nonviolent movement against racial segregation in the United States, and specifically the 1963 Birmingham campaign. The book describes 1963 as a landmark year in the civil rights movement, and as the beginning of America's "Negro Revolution". Includes "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
[Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]
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