Book
Why We Can't Wait
- Published
- 1964
- Genre
- History
- Publisher
- Signet Classic
- Pages
- 223
- Words
- 49248
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160939.Why_We_Can_t_Wait?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 10.4
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 1200L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
In this remarkable book—winner of the Nobel Peace Prize—Dr. King recounts the story of Birmingham in vivid detail, tracing the history of the struggle for civil rights back to its beginnings three centuries ago and looking to the future, assessing the work to be done beyond Birmingham to bring about full equality for African Americans. Above all, Dr. King offers an eloquent and penetrating analysis of the events and pressures that propelled the Civil Rights movement from lunch counter sit-ins and prayer marches to the forefront of American consciousness.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780077232214
- ISBN-10
- 0077232216
Tags
BirminghamCivil RightsKingNobel PrizeNonfictionUnited States of America