| Description |
x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Each of these titles has been previously published individually"--Title page verso. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Martin Luther King's first public address, 1955 -- Sit-ins and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 1960 -- Freedom rides I: the Nashville initiative, 1961 -- Freedom rides II: MLK, the Kennedys, and national politics, 1961 -- Bob Moses, SNCC, and Mississippi, 1960-63 -- A national firestorm from Birmingham, 1963 -- The March on Washington, 1963 -- Birmingham church bombing, 1963 -- Freedom summer, 1964 -- Party realignment: the cow palace and Atlantic City, 1964 -- King, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Nobel Peace Prize, 1964 -- Crossroads in Selma, 1965 -- Crossroads in Vietnam: LBJ and MLK, 1965 -- Nonviolence goes north: King in Chicago, 1966 -- Black power, 1966 -- Race and war: King at the Riverside Church, 1967 -- Poverty: the last crusade, 1967-68 -- Requiem in Memphis, 1968 -- Epilogue: looking back, and ahead. |
| Summary |
"Selections from the America in the King years trilogy with new introductions by the author"--Jacket. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights.
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Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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United States -- History -- 1953-1961.
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United States -- History -- 1961-1969.
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| Added Author |
Branch, Taylor.
Parting the waters. Selections.
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Branch, Taylor.
Pillar of fire. Selections.
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Branch, Taylor.
At Canaan's edge. Selections.
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| ISBN |
9781451678970 |
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1451678975 |
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