| Description |
xii, 1064 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
A Spectrum book |
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Branch, Taylor.
America in the King years ; v. 1
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 1989 |
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National Book Critics Circle Award, General Nonfiction, 1988 |
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Pulitzer Prize, History, 1989 |
| Subject |
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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| SUBJECT |
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79084324
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| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil Rights.
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Race Relations -- history.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- 1953-1961. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140304
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United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| LC no. |
88024033 |
| ISBN |
0671460978 |
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