Why We Can’t Wait
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"Why We Can’t Wait" is a 1964 book by Martin Luther King Jr. that analyzes the civil rights struggles of 1963, including the Birmingham campaign, and argues for the urgency of nonviolent direct action against racial segregation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book → |
| addressesIssue |
discrimination in education
→
discrimination in employment → economic injustice → police brutality → voter suppression of African Americans → |
| arguesFor |
immediate action against racial segregation
→
urgency of nonviolent direct action → |
| author | Martin Luther King Jr. → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
→
surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
gradualism in civil rights reform
→
racial segregation laws → |
| focusesOnYear | 1963 → |
| genre |
civil rights literature
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non-fiction → political literature → |
| hasInfluenced |
discourse on civil rights strategy
→
nonviolent activism worldwide → |
| hasPerspective | African-American civil rights leader → |
| hasTheme |
interconnectedness of communities
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moral urgency of justice → necessity of constructive tension → |
| historicalContext |
Jim Crow laws
→
surface form:
Jim Crow laws in the United States
|
| includesEvent |
Birmingham campaign
→
Children's Crusade →
surface form:
Birmingham children’s crusade
|
| includesText | Letter from Birmingham Jail → |
| intendedAudience |
general public
→
supporters of civil rights → |
| language | English → |
| literaryForm | essay collection → |
| mainSubject |
American civil rights movement
→
Birmingham campaign → civil disobedience → nonviolent resistance → racial equality → racial segregation in the United States → social justice → |
| mediaType | print → |
| notableChapter | Letter from Birmingham Jail → |
| philosophicalBasis |
Christian ethics
→
Gandhian nonviolence → |
| publicationYear | 1964 → |
| publisher | Harper & Row → |
| relatedMovement | Southern Christian Leadership Conference → |
| setting |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
Birmingham, Alabama, United States →
surface form:
Birmingham, Alabama
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| timePeriodDescribed |
1963 in the United States
→
American civil rights movement →
surface form:
Civil Rights Movement era
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| workOf | Martin Luther King Jr. → |