Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Mentor) Contributed by Benjamin Shaykin on Jan 17th, 2023. Artwork published in 1968. Photo: Benjamin Shaykin. License: CC BY-NC-SA. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Why We Can’t Wait was originally published in 1964 by Harper & Row (see the post on Fonts In Use). This mass-market paperback edition was published following King’s assassination in 1968. Photo: Benjamin Shaykin. License: CC BY-NC-SA. The quote on the back is set in News Gothic, alongside the author’s name in Alternate Gothic and the title in Permanent Massiv, as seen on the front cover. Photo: Benjamin Shaykin. License: CC BY-NC-SA. The interior is set in Times New Roman, with all-caps Century Expanded for chapter titles. Photo: Benjamin Shaykin. License: CC BY-NC-SA. Typefaces More about Permanent MassivMore about Alternate GothicGet Alternate GothicMore about News GothicGet News GothicMore about Century ExpandedGet Century ExpandedMore about Times New RomanGet Times New Roman Formats Books (6544) Topics Activism (1115) Governmental/Civic (728) Designers/Agencies unknown (4187) Tagged withbook covers (5877)paperbacks/softcovers (1966)Martin Luther King (6)civil rights (37)Mentor Books (3)apostrophe (’) (50)overlap (343)center-aligned text (1915)borders and rules (1127)quotes (534)reversed type (3389)early uses (2248)book interiors (3676)chapter openings (880)asterisk (*) (238)footnotes (321)back covers (2271)underlined (751)1960s (778)African American (129)race issues (45)non-fiction books (381)overlayered type (167) Artwork location United States (9928) In SetsLeft Impressions (Josh Cole) (62) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Alternate Gothic in use Impact no. 20, “Commercial Television” issue1956Geoff M. SadlerPhoto(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr. Talk Talk – The Party’s Over (1997 remaster) album art1997Rob CraneJames MarshContributed by Jerry van Kooten Barbarella UK quad movie poster1968unknownContributed by Hee Jin Staff Pick Sponsor More in Activism Mothers*, Warriors & Poets website and identity2024Studio CabrioContributed by Threedotstype Isodope2022&WalshContributed by F37® Malcolm X. By Any Means Necessary (Pathfinder Press)c. 1970unknownContributed by Florian Hardwig Zocalo website2020Maison SolideContributed by Production Type Staff Pick More in Books Handbags: The Making of a Museum2012Charlie Smith DesignContributed by michelle_noel System 370 Job Control Language by Gary DeWard Brown1977unknownContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje2025unknownContributed by Christian Thalmann Reclam “Universal-Bibliothek” (1988–2012)1988Brigitte WillbergHans Peter WillbergContributed by Stéphane Darricau Staff Pick More Fonts In Use Saintlyc. 2025Universal FavouriteContributed by Universal Favourite Staff Pick Calendar Ruler2019DDBBMMContributed by Gareth Hague Staff Pick Sestra Store Grazc. 2022Studio BruchContributed by Altiplano Typefaces Staff Pick Piet Calis – Gesprekken met dichters1964Jurriaan SchroferContributed by Matthijs Sluiter Staff Pick