Why We Can't Wait

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963

"Perhaps it is easy for those... read more

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• Grade
• 7-12
• Genre
• Nonfiction
• Cultural Area
• African American

• Text Complexity
• Lexile Level: 1200L
• ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available

• Curricular Area
• English Language Arts
• Social Studies

• Subject Headings
• Civil rights
• Ethnic Issues
• Alabama
• Social Science | Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
• Political Science | Civil Rights
• African Americans
• Birmingham (Ala.)
• African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham
• Birmingham
• United States
• African Americans--Civil rights
• United States--Race relations
• Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations
• Race relations

• Lists With This Book
• CCS-Novels Available in the English 6-12
• High School Approved Novel List

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