Significant signed book: Why We Can't Wait. First edition. NY: Harper & Row, 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 178 pages. Boldly signed and inscribed on the first free end page in blue ballpoint to the publicity director of Harper & Row, "To Stuart Harris, In appreciation for all you have done in helping Why We Can't Wait to move forward, Martin Luther King, Jr." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG+/VG.
This book, which emanated from King's famous 'Letter from Birmingham Jail,' describes in detail the nonviolent movement against racial segregation in the United States, with a specific focus on the 1963 Birmingham campaign. The publication of the book afforded the 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' its widest circulation at the time, drawing further attention to the civil rights cause. In supporting the release of Why We Can't Wait, Stuart Harris helped to arrange press conferences and put the book into the hands of reviewers. Writing for the Houston Post, Lonnie Hudkins applauded the work as 'one of the most eloquent achievements of the year—indeed of any year.' A historic presentation copy of a landmark volume in the Civil Rights Movement.
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