Read this excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." . . . We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights.

–Martin Luther King Jr.,
1963

Based on the passage, King believes the civil rights movement must

pause to reconsider its strategy of peaceful protests.
press forward with peaceful protests and marches.
wait and see if Congress will pass civil rights laws.
end because too many protestors were getting hurt.