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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.
Pillar of Fire covers the far-flung upheavals of the years 1963 to 1965 - Dallas, St. Augustine, Mississippi Freedom Summer, LBJ's Great Society and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Vietnam, Selma. And it provides a frank, revealing portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. - haunted by blackmail, factionalism, and hatred while he tried to hold the nonviolent movement together as a dramatic force in history.
Allies, rivals, and opponents addressed racial issues that went deeper than fair treatment at bus stops or lunch counters. Participants on all sides stretched themselves and their country to the breaking point over the meaning of simple words: dignity, equal votes, equal souls. Branch brings to bear fifteen years of research - archival investigation; nearly two thousand interviews; new primary sources, from FBI wiretaps to White House telephone recordings - in a seminal work of history.
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Civil rights, Civil rights movements, History, African Americans, Noirs américains, Rassenkonflikt, Politieke geschiedenis, Civil Rights Movement, Bürgerrechtsbewegung, Droits, United states, history, 1961-1969, King, martin luther, jr., 1929-1968, African americans, civil rights, Civil rights movements, united statesPlaces
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Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, Part II - 1963-64 (America in the King Years)
January 10, 2006, Simon & Schuster Audio
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in English
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Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 (America in the King Years)
January 20, 1999, Simon & Schuster
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Pillar of fire: America in the King years, 1963-65
1998, Simon & Schuster
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [620]-716) and index.
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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on the American Civil Rights Movement. In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith, recounting the climactic struggles as they commanded the national stage. - Publisher.
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