King recounts the story of Birmingham in vivid detail, tracing the history of the struggle for civil rights back to its beginnings three centuries ago and looking to the future, assessing the work to be done beyond Birmingham to bring about full equality for African Americans. In this remarkable bookwinner of the Nobel Peace Prize≽r. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights movement on the segregated streets of Birmingham demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action. In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, was perhaps the most racially segregated city in the United States. "There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair." Martin Luther Kings classic exploration of the events and forces behind the Civil Rights Movementincluding his Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963.
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