Why We Can't Wait

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Title

Why We Can't Wait

Subject

African American-Civil Rights

Description

King examines the history of the civil rights struggle, noting tasks that future generations must accomplish to bring about full equality, and asserts that African Americans have already waited over three centuries for civil rights and that it is time to be proactive: "For years now, I have heard the word 'Wait!' It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This 'Wait' has almost always meant 'Never.' We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."

Creator

King, Martin Luther

Publisher

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Date

1964

Contributor

Hist 428 Spring 2020

Format

178 p

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

E185.61 .K53 1964

Citation

King, Martin Luther, “Why We Can't Wait,” James Farmer at Mary Washington, accessed September 3, 2026, https://farmer.umwhistory.org/items/show/121.

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