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Branch, Taylor.

Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63 / - New York : Simon and Schuster, c1988. - xii, 1064 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. - A Spectrum book .

Includes bibliographical references.

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 1. 1 -- 2. 27 -- 3. 69 -- 4. 105 -- 5. 143 -- 6. 206 -- 7. 272 -- 8. 312 -- 9. 351 -- 10. 379 -- 11. 412 -- 12. 451 -- 13. 492 -- 14. 524 -- 15. 562 -- 16. 601 -- 17. 633 -- 18. 673 -- 19. 708 -- 20. 756 -- 21. 803 -- 22. 846 -- 23. 888.

Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.

Pulitzer Prize, History, 1989.

ISBN: 0671460978 9780671460976 0671687425 (pbk.) 9780671687427 (pbk.)

Source: 977,686

LCCN: 88024033

Subjects--Personal Names:
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Afroamericanos--Derechos civiles.
Movimientos de protesta (Derechos Civiles)--Estados Unidos.
Civil Rights Movement.
Politieke geschiedenis.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--History--1953-1961.
Estados Unidos--Historia--1953-1961.

LC Class. No.: E185.61 / .B7914 1988

Dewey Class. No.: 973/.0496073