Review Of Why We Can T Wait By Martin Luther King

In Martin Luther King, Jr.’s book, “Why We Can’t Wait,” the author explores and retells the events and movements behind the Civil Rights movement. King, writes about the determination and motivation of the African American community during this time. He writes about what it was like to be a vital part of the Civil Rights movement, and most importantly he writes about how the community rallied together to fight a battle that could have been very violent with nonviolent force. King illustrates the drive to demand freedom and paints a vivid picture of what actually occurred. The cover of his book contains a quote, “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed,” throughout King’s book the reader is allowed

was a largely known Civils Rights movement leader. He was known throughout the country and even had connections with the current president, President John Kennedy. In his book, he tells about a time when his wife Coretta placed a call to the President, because her husband was being held in solitary confinement for several days in a Birmingham jail. He writes. “Apparently the President and his brother placed calls to officials in Birmingham; for immediately after Coretta heard from them, my jailers asked if I wanted to call her. After the President’s intervention, conditions changed considerably.”(62) He writes about how people from all over the country volunteered time and pledged large sums of money to help out the Civil Rights movement efforts. The money pledged was used to pay bail for hundreds of African Americans who pledged their support in the demonstrations. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s connections is one of the main factors in the success of the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham,

They began with just a few sit-ins and grew outward from there. The members of the Civil Rights movement were met with a confusing response by the local government at first. The local government fought their battle nonviolently also. The arresting officers “escorted with amazing politeness,” (56) the demonstrators into paddy wagons. “Chief Pritchett felt that by directing his police to be nonviolent, he had discovered a new way to defeat the demonstrations.” (57) Chief Pritchett eventually realized that he was wrong after the demonstrations continued to happen. The nonviolent side of the local police was not seen long even though the demonstrators continued to display nonviolent