Book
Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63 / Taylor Branch.
Record details
- ISBN: 0671460978
- Physical Description: xii, 1064 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, c1988.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Awards Note: | Pulitzer Prize, History, 1989 |
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| Subject: | African Americans > Civil rights. Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. United States > History > 1953-1961. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Orford Free Library | A 973 BRA | 34446000031471 | Adult nonfiction | Available | - |
