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America in the King years volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Description
In Pillar of Fire, the second volume of his America in the King Years trilogy, Taylor Branch portrays the civil rights era at its zenith. The first volume, Parting the Waters, won the Pulitzer Prize for History. It is a monumental chronicle of a movement that stirred from Southern black churches to challenge the national conscience during the Eisenhower and Kennedy years. In this masterly continuation of the narrative, Branch recounts the climactic...
Author
Series
America in the King years volume 1
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.