The Other America is a work written by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. It is a collection of essays and speeches that King wrote and delivered during the civil rights movement. The book focuses on the economic and social inequalities that African Americans faced in the United States. King argues that poverty and racism are intertwined and that both must be addressed in order to achieve true equality. He also calls for a revolution of values, where people are judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. The book is an important document of the civil rights movement and is still relevant today.
By Martin Luther King Jr. · First published 1967 · Genre: Non-Fiction, Political Science, Sociology