Parting the waters, America in the King years, 1954-1963, Taylor Branch
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Parting the waters, America in the King years, 1954-1963, Taylor Branch
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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illustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Parting the waters
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bibliography
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18383661
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Taylor Branch
Sub title
America in the King years, 1954-1963
Summary
Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy
Table Of 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
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