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Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63 / / Taylor Branch.   Author:  Branch, Taylor. Title:  Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63 / / Taylor Branch. Publisher:  New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1988. Description:  xii, 1064 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Awards:  Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 1989. Pulitzer Prize, History, 1989. National Book Critics Circle Award, General Nonfiction, 1988. Summary:  Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy. Bibliography Note:  Includes bibliographical references. 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. Subject:  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. African Americans -- Civil rights. Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century. United States -- History -- 1953-1961. Genre:  History. Catalog Source No.:  (OCoLC)ocm18383661 ISBN:  0671460978 9780671460976 0671687425 9780671687427 Copy/Holding information Call No. Collection Barcode Status Due Date   E185.61 .B7914 1988X American Art Portrait Gallery 39088005912993 Checked In   Request Copy Add Copy to MyList E185.61 .B7914 1988X National Museum of African American History and Culture Library Collection 39088012145371 Checked out 06/02/2020 Request Copy Add Copy to MyList E185.61 .B7914 1988X American History, National Museum of 39088007189301 Transit   Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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