The Resource Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-1963, Taylor Branch
Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-1963, Taylor Branch
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The item Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-1963, Taylor Branch represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nesmith Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 1064 p., [32] p. of plates
- Contents
-
- Forerunner: Vernon Johns
- Rockefeller and Ebenezer
- Niebuhr and the pool tables
- First trombone
- The Montgomery bus boycott
- A taste of the world
- The quickening
- Shades of politics
- A pawn of history
- The Kennedy transition
- Baptism on wheels
- The summer of freedom rides
- Moses in McComb, King in Kansas City
- Almost Christmas in Albany
- Hoover's triangle and King's machine
- The fireman's last reprieve
- The fall of Ole Miss
- To Birmingham
- Greenwood and Birmingham jail
- The children's miracle
- Firestorm
- The march on Washington
- Crossing over: nightmares and dreams
- Isbn
- 9780671460976
- Label
- Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-1963
- Title
- Parting the waters
- Title remainder
- America in the King years, 1954-1963
- Statement of responsibility
- Taylor Branch
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy
- Awards note
- Pulitzer Prize, History, 1989
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Branch, Taylor
- Dewey number
- 973/.0496073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.61
- LC item number
- .B7914 1988
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- King, Martin Luther
- African Americans
- Civil rights movements
- United States
- Label
- Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-1963, Taylor Branch
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- Forerunner: Vernon Johns -- Rockefeller and Ebenezer -- Niebuhr and the pool tables -- First trombone -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- A taste of the world -- The quickening -- Shades of politics -- A pawn of history -- The Kennedy transition -- Baptism on wheels -- The summer of freedom rides -- Moses in McComb, King in Kansas City -- Almost Christmas in Albany -- Hoover's triangle and King's machine -- The fireman's last reprieve -- The fall of Ole Miss -- To Birmingham -- Greenwood and Birmingham jail -- The children's miracle -- Firestorm -- The march on Washington -- Crossing over: nightmares and dreams
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 1064 p., [32] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780671460976
- Isbn Type
- (v. 1)
- Lccn
- 88024033
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- ocm18383661
- Label
- Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-1963, Taylor Branch
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- Forerunner: Vernon Johns -- Rockefeller and Ebenezer -- Niebuhr and the pool tables -- First trombone -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- A taste of the world -- The quickening -- Shades of politics -- A pawn of history -- The Kennedy transition -- Baptism on wheels -- The summer of freedom rides -- Moses in McComb, King in Kansas City -- Almost Christmas in Albany -- Hoover's triangle and King's machine -- The fireman's last reprieve -- The fall of Ole Miss -- To Birmingham -- Greenwood and Birmingham jail -- The children's miracle -- Firestorm -- The march on Washington -- Crossing over: nightmares and dreams
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 1064 p., [32] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780671460976
- Isbn Type
- (v. 1)
- Lccn
- 88024033
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- ocm18383661
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