Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search


Pillar of fire : America in the King years, 1963-65 Cover Image Book Book

Pillar of fire : America in the King years, 1963-65 / Taylor Branch.

Branch, Taylor. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0684808196
  • ISBN: 9780684808192
  • ISBN: 0684848090
  • ISBN: 9780684848099
  • Physical Description: xiv, 746 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, ©1998.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 620-716) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. Birmingham Tides. 1. Islam in Los Angeles. 2. Prophets in Chicago. 3. LBJ in St. Augustine. 4. Gamblers in Law. 5. To Vote in Mississippi: Advance by Retreat. 6. Tremors: L.A. to Selma. 7. Marx in the White House. 8. Summer Freeze. 9. Cavalry: Lowenstein and the Church. 10. Mirrors in Black and White. 11. Against All Enemies. 12. Frontiers on Edge: The Last Month pt. 2. New Worlds Passing. 13. Grief. 14. High Councils. 15. Hattiesburg Freedom Day. 16. Ambush. 17. Spreading Poisons. 18. The Creation of Muhammad Ali. 19. Shaky Pulpits. 20. Mary Peabody Meets the Klan. 21. Wrestling with Legends. 22. Filibusters. 23. Pilgrims and Empty Pitchers. 24. Brushfires pt. 3. Freedom Summer. 25. Jail Marches. 26. Bogue Chitto Swamp. 27. Beachheads. 28. Testing Freedom. 29. The Cow Palace Revolt. 30. King in Mississippi. 31. Riot Politics. 32. Crime, War, and Freedom School. 33. White House Etiquette. 34. A Dog in the Manger: The Atlantic City Compromise. 35. "We see the giants ..." 36. Movements Unbound pt. 4. "Lord, Make Me Pure but Not Yet" 37. Landslide. 38. Nobel Prize. 39. To the Valley: The Downward King. 40. Saigon, Audubon, and Selma.

Find similar items by subject

Subject: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King.
King, Martin Luther.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > History > 1961-1969.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
United States.
Civil Rights Movement.
Politieke geschiedenis.
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Rassenkonflikt
Noirs américains > Droits > 1945-1970.
États-Unis > 1963-1965.
USA.
Derechos civiles > Estados Unidos > Historia > Siglo XX.
Genre: History.

Search for related items by series

Currently available copies

  • 56 out of 57 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Middle Georgia Regional Library. (Show)
  • 0 out of 0 copies are currently available at Charles A. Lanford Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds on 57 total copies.
Sort by distance from:
Show Only Available Copies
Library System: Library Branch Name
Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status  

Electronic resources


Additional Resources