The King years : historic moments in the civil rights movement /
Branch, Taylor.
The King years : historic moments in the civil rights movement / Taylor Branch. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
includes index.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Martin Luther King's first public address, 1955 -- Sit-ins and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 1960 -- Freedom rides I: the Nashville initiative, 1961 -- Freedom rides II: MLK, the Kennedys, and national politics, 1961 -- Bob Moses, SNCC, and Mississippi, 1960-63 -- A national firestorm from Birmingham, 1963 -- The March on Washington, 1963 -- Birmingham church bombing, 1963 -- Freedom summer, 1964 -- Party realignment: the cow palace and Atlantic City, 1964 -- King, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Nobel Peace Prize, 1964 -- Crossroads in Selma, 1965 -- Crossroads in Viet Nam: MLK and LBJ, 1965 -- Nonviolence goes north: King in Chicago, 1966 -- Black power, 1966 -- Race and war: King at the Riverside Church, 1967 -- Poverty: the last crusade, 1967-68 -- Requiem in Memphis, 1968 -- Epilogue: looking back.
9781451678970 (hardcover) 9781451662467 (trade pbk.)
2012006964
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Afroamericanos--Derechos civiles.
United States--History--1953-1961.
United States--History--1961-1969.
Estados Unidos--Historia--1953-1961.
Estados Unidos
B E 185.61 / K53B 2013
323.0973
The King years : historic moments in the civil rights movement / Taylor Branch. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 210 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
includes index.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Martin Luther King's first public address, 1955 -- Sit-ins and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 1960 -- Freedom rides I: the Nashville initiative, 1961 -- Freedom rides II: MLK, the Kennedys, and national politics, 1961 -- Bob Moses, SNCC, and Mississippi, 1960-63 -- A national firestorm from Birmingham, 1963 -- The March on Washington, 1963 -- Birmingham church bombing, 1963 -- Freedom summer, 1964 -- Party realignment: the cow palace and Atlantic City, 1964 -- King, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Nobel Peace Prize, 1964 -- Crossroads in Selma, 1965 -- Crossroads in Viet Nam: MLK and LBJ, 1965 -- Nonviolence goes north: King in Chicago, 1966 -- Black power, 1966 -- Race and war: King at the Riverside Church, 1967 -- Poverty: the last crusade, 1967-68 -- Requiem in Memphis, 1968 -- Epilogue: looking back.
9781451678970 (hardcover) 9781451662467 (trade pbk.)
2012006964
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Afroamericanos--Derechos civiles.
United States--History--1953-1961.
United States--History--1961-1969.
Estados Unidos--Historia--1953-1961.
Estados Unidos
B E 185.61 / K53B 2013
323.0973