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The Resource Pillar of fire : America in the King years, 1963-65, Taylor Branch

Pillar of fire : America in the King years, 1963-65, Taylor Branch

Label
Pillar of fire : America in the King years, 1963-65
Title
Pillar of fire
Title remainder
America in the King years, 1963-65
Statement of responsibility
Taylor Branch
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith, recounting the climactic struggles as they commanded the national stage
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Branch, Taylor
Dewey number
323.1/196073
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.61
LC item number
.B7915 1998
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • King, Martin Luther
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • United States
Label
Pillar of fire : America in the King years, 1963-65, Taylor Branch
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [620]-716) and index
Contents
  • 4.
  • Gamblers in Law.
  • 5.
  • To Vote in Mississippi: Advance by Retreat.
  • 6.
  • Tremors: L.A. to Selma.
  • 7.
  • Marx in the White House.
  • 8.
  • Summer Freeze.
  • pt. 1.
  • 9.
  • Cavalry: Lowenstein and the Church.
  • 10.
  • Mirrors in Black and White.
  • 11.
  • Against All Enemies.
  • 12.
  • Frontiers on Edge: The Last Month
  • pt. 2.
  • New Worlds Passing.
  • Birmingham Tides.
  • 13.
  • Grief.
  • 14.
  • High Councils.
  • 15.
  • Hattiesburg Freedom Day.
  • 16.
  • Ambush.
  • 17.
  • Spreading Poisons.
  • 1.
  • 18.
  • The Creation of Muhammad Ali.
  • 19.
  • Shaky Pulpits.
  • 20.
  • Mary Peabody Meets the Klan.
  • 21.
  • Wrestling with Legends.
  • 22.
  • Filibusters.
  • Islam in Los Angeles.
  • 23.
  • Pilgrims and Empty Pitchers.
  • 24.
  • Brushfires
  • pt. 3.
  • Freedom Summer.
  • 25.
  • Jail Marches.
  • 26.
  • Bogue Chitto Swamp.
  • 2.
  • 27.
  • Beachheads.
  • 28.
  • Testing Freedom.
  • 29.
  • The Cow Palace Revolt.
  • 30.
  • King in Mississippi.
  • 31.
  • Riot Politics.
  • Prophets in Chicago.
  • 32.
  • Crime, War, and Freedom School.
  • 33.
  • White House Etiquette.
  • 34.
  • A Dog in the Manger: The Atlantic City Compromise.
  • 35.
  • "We see the giants ..."
  • 36.
  • Movements Unbound
  • 3.
  • pt. 4.
  • "Lord, Make Me Pure but Not Yet"
  • 37.
  • Landslide.
  • 38.
  • Nobel Prize.
  • 39.
  • To the Valley: The Downward King.
  • 40.
  • Saigon, Audubon, and Selma
  • LBJ in St. Augustine.
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xiv, 746 p., [24] p. of plates
Isbn
9780684808192
Lccn
97046076
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
ocm37909869
Label
Pillar of fire : America in the King years, 1963-65, Taylor Branch
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [620]-716) and index
Contents
  • 4.
  • Gamblers in Law.
  • 5.
  • To Vote in Mississippi: Advance by Retreat.
  • 6.
  • Tremors: L.A. to Selma.
  • 7.
  • Marx in the White House.
  • 8.
  • Summer Freeze.
  • pt. 1.
  • 9.
  • Cavalry: Lowenstein and the Church.
  • 10.
  • Mirrors in Black and White.
  • 11.
  • Against All Enemies.
  • 12.
  • Frontiers on Edge: The Last Month
  • pt. 2.
  • New Worlds Passing.
  • Birmingham Tides.
  • 13.
  • Grief.
  • 14.
  • High Councils.
  • 15.
  • Hattiesburg Freedom Day.
  • 16.
  • Ambush.
  • 17.
  • Spreading Poisons.
  • 1.
  • 18.
  • The Creation of Muhammad Ali.
  • 19.
  • Shaky Pulpits.
  • 20.
  • Mary Peabody Meets the Klan.
  • 21.
  • Wrestling with Legends.
  • 22.
  • Filibusters.
  • Islam in Los Angeles.
  • 23.
  • Pilgrims and Empty Pitchers.
  • 24.
  • Brushfires
  • pt. 3.
  • Freedom Summer.
  • 25.
  • Jail Marches.
  • 26.
  • Bogue Chitto Swamp.
  • 2.
  • 27.
  • Beachheads.
  • 28.
  • Testing Freedom.
  • 29.
  • The Cow Palace Revolt.
  • 30.
  • King in Mississippi.
  • 31.
  • Riot Politics.
  • Prophets in Chicago.
  • 32.
  • Crime, War, and Freedom School.
  • 33.
  • White House Etiquette.
  • 34.
  • A Dog in the Manger: The Atlantic City Compromise.
  • 35.
  • "We see the giants ..."
  • 36.
  • Movements Unbound
  • 3.
  • pt. 4.
  • "Lord, Make Me Pure but Not Yet"
  • 37.
  • Landslide.
  • 38.
  • Nobel Prize.
  • 39.
  • To the Valley: The Downward King.
  • 40.
  • Saigon, Audubon, and Selma
  • LBJ in St. Augustine.
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xiv, 746 p., [24] p. of plates
Isbn
9780684808192
Lccn
97046076
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
ocm37909869

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