Overview: Dr. King's best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963. Often applauded as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most incisive and eloquent book, Why We Can't Wait recounts the Birmingham campaign in vivid detail, while underscoring why 1963 was such a crucial year for the civil rights movement. During this time, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United...

This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King, Jr. from his inspirational "I have a dream" to his fiery "Give us the ballot." Comprised of recordings previously included in "A call to conscience" (7 discs) and "A knock at midnight" (1-4, 5-8 discs) the essential box set is a must-have for any library collection.