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Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63 / Taylor Branch.
- Title
- Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63 / Taylor Branch.
- Author
- Branch, Taylor
- Publication
- New York : Simon and Schuster, c1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | E185.61 .B7914 1988 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Paul Cartwright Collection (Mississippi State University. Libraries) MsSM
- Description
- xii, 1064 p., [32] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.
- Series Statement
- America in the King years ; v. 1
- Branch, Taylor. America in the King years ; v. 1.
- Alternative Title
- America in the King years, 1954-63
- America in the King years, 1954-1963
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0671687425 (pbk.)
- 0671460978 (v. 1)
- LCCN
- ^^^88024033^
- OCLC
- 18383661
- SCSB-9936422
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library