Why We Can't Wait Author:martin luther king jr Why We Can't Wait is Martin Luther King's explanation of the events, the forces, the pressures behind today's - and tomorrow's - quest for civil rights. — In this bood for the first time: The complete, full-length text of Dr. King's famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail, in which he answers the churchmen who criticized him — for "unwise and untim... more »ely" demonstrations. Dr. King's personal assessment of the pattern that the Negro Revolution will take in the future - a chapter in which he spells out clearly the full political implications of the civil rights movement. . . especially in an election year« less