| Description |
xii, 1064 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Forerunner: Vernon Johns -- Rockefeller and Ebenezer -- Niebuhr and the pool tables -- First trombone -- The Montgomery bus boycott -- A taste of the world -- The quickening -- Shades of politics -- A pawn of history -- The Kennedy transition -- Baptism on wheels -- The summer of freedom rides -- Moses in McComb, King in Kansas City -- Almost Christmas in Albany -- Hoover's triangle and King's machine -- The fireman's last reprieve -- The fall of Ole Miss -- To Birmingham -- Greenwood and Birmingham jail -- The children's miracle -- Firestorm -- The march on Washington -- Crossing over: nightmares and dreams. |
| Subject |
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- History -- 1953-1961.
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| Other Title |
America in the King years |
| ISBN |
0671460978 |
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