The Resource Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63, Taylor Branch

Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63, Taylor Branch

Label
Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63
Title
Parting the waters
Title remainder
America in the King years, 1954-63
Statement of responsibility
Taylor Branch
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy
Member of
Awards note
  • Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 1989.
  • Pulitzer Prize, History, 1989.
  • National Book Critics Circle Award, General Nonfiction, 1988.
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Branch, Taylor
Dewey number
973/.0496073
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Paul Cartwright Collection (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Series statement
America in the King years
Series volume
v. 1
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • King, Martin Luther
  • King, Martin Luther
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • United States
  • United States
Label
Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63, Taylor Branch
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 69
  • 4.
  • First Trombone
  • 105
  • 5.
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • 143
  • 6.
  • A Taste of the World
  • 206
  • 1.
  • 7.
  • The Quickening
  • 272
  • 8.
  • Shades of Politics
  • 312
  • 9.
  • A Pawn of History
  • 351
  • 10.
  • Forerunner: Vernon Johns
  • The Kennedy Transition
  • 379
  • 11.
  • Baptism on Wheels
  • 412
  • 12.
  • The Summer of Freedom Rides
  • 451
  • 13.
  • Moses in McComb, King in Kansas City
  • 1
  • 492
  • 14.
  • Almost Christmas in Albany
  • 524
  • 15.
  • Hoover's Triangle and King's Machine
  • 562
  • 16.
  • The Fireman's Last Reprieve
  • 601
  • 2.
  • 17.
  • The Fall of Ole Miss
  • 633
  • 18.
  • To Birmingham
  • 673
  • 19.
  • Greenwood and Birmingham Jail
  • 708
  • 20.
  • Rockefeller and Ebenezer
  • The Children's Miracle
  • 756
  • 21.
  • Firestorm
  • 803
  • 22.
  • The March on Washington
  • 846
  • 23.
  • Crossing Over: Nightmares and Dreams
  • 27
  • 888
  • 3.
  • Niebuhr and the Pool Tables
Control code
ocm18383661
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xii, 1064 pages, [32] pages of plates
Isbn
9780671687427
Lccn
88024033
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Stock number
977,686
Label
Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63, Taylor Branch
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 69
  • 4.
  • First Trombone
  • 105
  • 5.
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • 143
  • 6.
  • A Taste of the World
  • 206
  • 1.
  • 7.
  • The Quickening
  • 272
  • 8.
  • Shades of Politics
  • 312
  • 9.
  • A Pawn of History
  • 351
  • 10.
  • Forerunner: Vernon Johns
  • The Kennedy Transition
  • 379
  • 11.
  • Baptism on Wheels
  • 412
  • 12.
  • The Summer of Freedom Rides
  • 451
  • 13.
  • Moses in McComb, King in Kansas City
  • 1
  • 492
  • 14.
  • Almost Christmas in Albany
  • 524
  • 15.
  • Hoover's Triangle and King's Machine
  • 562
  • 16.
  • The Fireman's Last Reprieve
  • 601
  • 2.
  • 17.
  • The Fall of Ole Miss
  • 633
  • 18.
  • To Birmingham
  • 673
  • 19.
  • Greenwood and Birmingham Jail
  • 708
  • 20.
  • Rockefeller and Ebenezer
  • The Children's Miracle
  • 756
  • 21.
  • Firestorm
  • 803
  • 22.
  • The March on Washington
  • 846
  • 23.
  • Crossing Over: Nightmares and Dreams
  • 27
  • 888
  • 3.
  • Niebuhr and the Pool Tables
Control code
ocm18383661
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xii, 1064 pages, [32] pages of plates
Isbn
9780671687427
Lccn
88024033
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Stock number
977,686

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