think King understood that the changes he advocated would take some time. And that being successful in pulling off these changes would mean being patient and understanding that change like this doesn't happen overnight. The reforms he saw were 'evolutionary' not 'revolutionary'.<span> </span>
Wait and give us time to act was a letter written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while he was in jailed because of the protest. His letter was a response to the clergymen advice to people which can be resume as ''not participate in civil right protests and fight in court instead''.
King replied that those actions were part of the critics against them, but those events only enforce his will, as prophets were persecuted for spreading the truth, he was persecuted too.
Like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush; some with oystershells, others with pieces of shingle, some with naked hands, and none with spoons.
