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Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63 /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A Spectrum bookPublication details: New York : Simon and Schuster, c1988.Description: xii, 1064 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0671460978
  • 9780671460976
  • 0671687425 (pbk.)
  • 9780671687427 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973/.0496073 19
LOC classification:
  • E185.61 .B7914 1988
Other classification:
  • 15.85
  • 17.97
  • 18.06
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Forerunner: Vernon Johns 1 -- 2. Rockefeller and Ebenezer 27 -- 3. Niebuhr and the Pool Tables 69 -- 4. First Trombone 105 -- 5. The Montgomery Bus Boycott 143 -- 6. A Taste of the World 206 -- 7. The Quickening 272 -- 8. Shades of Politics 312 -- 9. A Pawn of History 351 -- 10. The Kennedy Transition 379 -- 11. Baptism on Wheels 412 -- 12. The Summer of Freedom Rides 451 -- 13. Moses in McComb, King in Kansas City 492 -- 14. Almost Christmas in Albany 524 -- 15. Hoover's Triangle and King's Machine 562 -- 16. The Fireman's Last Reprieve 601 -- 17. The Fall of Ole Miss 633 -- 18. To Birmingham 673 -- 19. Greenwood and Birmingham Jail 708 -- 20. The Children's Miracle 756 -- 21. Firestorm 803 -- 22. The March on Washington 846 -- 23. Crossing Over: Nightmares and Dreams 888.
Awards:
  • Pulitzer Prize, History, 1989.
Summary: Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 973 BRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E185.61 .B7914 1988 1 Available 34517000211196

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Forerunner: Vernon Johns 1 -- 2. Rockefeller and Ebenezer 27 -- 3. Niebuhr and the Pool Tables 69 -- 4. First Trombone 105 -- 5. The Montgomery Bus Boycott 143 -- 6. A Taste of the World 206 -- 7. The Quickening 272 -- 8. Shades of Politics 312 -- 9. A Pawn of History 351 -- 10. The Kennedy Transition 379 -- 11. Baptism on Wheels 412 -- 12. The Summer of Freedom Rides 451 -- 13. Moses in McComb, King in Kansas City 492 -- 14. Almost Christmas in Albany 524 -- 15. Hoover's Triangle and King's Machine 562 -- 16. The Fireman's Last Reprieve 601 -- 17. The Fall of Ole Miss 633 -- 18. To Birmingham 673 -- 19. Greenwood and Birmingham Jail 708 -- 20. The Children's Miracle 756 -- 21. Firestorm 803 -- 22. The March on Washington 846 -- 23. Crossing Over: Nightmares and Dreams 888.

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

Pulitzer Prize, History, 1989.

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