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''Why We Can't Wait'' is a book by Martin Luther King, Jr. about the nonviolent movement against racial segregation in the United States, and specifically the 1963 Birmingham campaign. The book describes 1963 as a landmark year in the Civil Rights Movement, and as the beginning of America's "Negro Revolution". ==Writing== The seed of the book is King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail". The letter became nationally known and received interest from the New York publishing world, which Stanley Levison relayed to King in May 1963.〔Branch, ''Parting the Waters'' (1989), p. 804.〕 Soon after, Levison made a deal with New American Library publisher Victor Weybright, who suggested that the theme of not waiting be used for the title. Weybright also gave permission for "Letter from Birmingham Jail" to be republished in national newspapers and magazines; it appeared in July 1963 as "Why the Negro Won't Wait".〔Bass, ''Blessed Are The Peacemakers'' (2002), p. 144.〕 King began working on the book later in 1963, with assistance from Levison and Clarence Jones.〔"(Why We Can't Wait )", ''Encyclopedia'' (Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute), accessed 14 November 2012.〕 Some early work on the text was done by Al Duckett (also a participant in the movement). King and Levison eventually dismissed Duckett and then Nat Lamar, and Levison did some work on the text himself. Bayard Rustin also contributed, as did editor Hermine I. Popper.〔Mieder, ''Making a Way Out of No Way'' (2010), p. 21. "Al Duckett, another ghostwriter, was involved in preparing the manuscript of King's third book ''Why We Can't Wait'' (1964), and while Rustin had asked not to be acknowledged for his labor, Duckett's help is mentioned by King before the introduction to the book. (Garrow 1986: 280 and 299)."〕〔Branch, ''Parting the Waters'' (1989), p. 910.〕 Rustin said: "I don't want to write something for somebody where I know he is acting like a puppet. I want to be a real ghost and write what the person wants to say. And that is what I always knew was true in the case of Martin. I would never write anything that wasn't what he wanted to say. I understood him well enough."〔Garrow, ''Bearing the Cross'' (1986), p. 649; quoted in Mieder ''"Making a Way Out of No Way"'' (2010), p. 22.〕 The book largely reproduces the text of "Letter from Birmingham Jail", with some editorial changes.〔Bass, ''Blessed Are The Peacemakers'' (2002), p. 136–137.〕 King writes in a footnote: "Although the text remains in substance unaltered, I have indulged in the author's prerogative in polishing it for publication."〔King, ''Why We Can't Wait'' (1964), p. 76.〕 ''Why We Can't Wait'' was published by Harper & Row in July 1964.〔 The paperback edition cost 60¢. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Why We Can't Wait」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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