Martin Luther King Jr. - Why We Can't Wait, Chapter 2

This episode features MLKs, seminal 1964 book, Why We Can't Wait, the introduction and the second chapter as read by Bill McKinney. Kings book outlines why a revolution was necessary and could not wait as well as how he believed it should look. Almost 60 years later we still face the shortcomings of the promised freedom of Emancipation and the need to continue to not wait patiently for change to occur. 

"When the Supreme Court modified its decision on school desegregation by approving the Pupil Placement Law, it permitted tokenism to corrupt its intent. It meant that Negroes could be handed the glitter of metal symbolizing the true coin, and authorizing a short-term trip toward democracy. But he who sells you the token instead of the coin always retains the power to revoke its worth, and to command you to get off the bus before you have reached your destination. Tokenism is a promise to pay. Democracy, in its finest sense, is payment."