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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
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Traces the birth of the American civil rights movement and profiles Martin Luther King, Jr., detailing the roles played by key figures around him and in government
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Branch, Taylor
Dewey number
973/.0496073
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.61
LC item number
.B7914 1989
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • King, Martin Luther
  • King, Martin Luther
  • King, Martin Luther
  • King, Martin Luther
  • King, Martin Luther
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • United States
  • Movimientos sociales
  • EE. UU.
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights movements
  • United States
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • Politieke geschiedenis
  • Negros (em geral)
  • Direitos humanos (direito publico)
  • Historia dos estados unidos
  • Droits de l'homme
  • Noirs américains
  • Ligues des droits de l'homme
  • Noirs
  • Droits civils et politiques
  • États-Unis
  • Blacks
  • United States
  • African Americans
Label
Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63, Taylor Branch
Link
Instantiates
Publication
Note
"A Touchstone book."
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
ocm35617860
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st Touchstone ed.
Extent
xii, 1064 pages, [32] pages of plates
Isbn
9780671460976
Lccn
97130525
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o35617860
  • (OCoLC)35617860
Label
Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63, Taylor Branch
Link
Publication
Note
"A Touchstone book."
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
ocm35617860
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st Touchstone ed.
Extent
xii, 1064 pages, [32] pages of plates
Isbn
9780671460976
Lccn
97130525
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o35617860
  • (OCoLC)35617860

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