ed to the 1960s the civil rights movement found its start in the decade before that, the 'peaceful 50s'. The civil rights movement actually started with legal battles before moving into the streets of American cities. The Supreme Court ordered the desegregation of schools with "all deliberate speed" and overturned its former "separate but equal" policy that had for so long been the law of the land. This led to the tokenism that MLK decried in his book, and it also led to the realization that there wouldn't be equal rights gained through the courts alone, they had to do more then rely on the courts decision they had to take some action or should I say non violent action.
             King produces a powerful illustration of his people's struggle for equality through his brilliant oration in Why We Can't Wait. King begins his book with emotionally tugging metaphors that portray the disparity of the blacks need for freedom. King describes the "Negro Revolution" as a storm, moreover as lightening. "Just as lightening makes no sound until it strikes, the Negro Revolution generated. But when it struck, the revealing flash of its power and the impact of its sincerity and fervor displayed a force of a frightening intensity," (MLK pg. 16) says King. He also states that the "storm" has not yet reached its momentum. On the following page, King
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