Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King’s early years and rise to greatness. Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American Civil Rights Movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Moving from the fiery political baptism of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the corridors of Camelot where the Kennedy brothers weighed demands for justice against the deceptions of J. Edgar Hoover, here is a vivid tapestry of America, torn and finally transformed by a revolutionary struggle unequaled since the Civil War. Taylor Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of King's rise to greatness and illuminates the stunning courage and private conflict, the deals, maneuvers, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history behind closed doors, at boycotts and sit-ins, on bloody freedom rides, and through siege and murder. Epic in scope and impact, Branch's chronicle definitively captures one of the nation's most crucial passages. |
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User Review - m.belljackson - LibraryThingTaylor Branch makes the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the primary focus of this first volume, while he illuminates the faith and strength of the many brave, daring, and controversial men and ... Read full review
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User Review - deldevries - LibraryThingWell deserving for 100 New Classics designation. Told in a conversational style with rich details that provide a history lesson and an understanding of individuals that made history. It takes skill ... Read full review
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| Title | Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 |
| Author | Taylor Branch |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1416558683, 9781416558682 |
| Length | 1088 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Political History / United States / 20th Century Political Science / Civil Rights |
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