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Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Study Guide
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by Taylor Branch
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Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 Study Guide consists of approx. 147 pages of summaries and analysis on Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954 - 1963 by Taylor Branch. Browse the literature study guide below:
Parting the Waters is a historical look at the Civil Rights Movement from 1954 through 1963, with an emphasis on Martin Luther King Jr.'s role. Taylor Branch has given his readers a look at King the man, from his family history nd childhood, to his role as a civil rights leader through the March on Washington. Branch includes in his tome a look at other organizations that sprang into existence, from King's work with both the MIA and the SCLC, as well as the work of other leaders who fashioned their techniques on King's past victories. Parting the Waters is an informative, insightful look at an important historical figure and an important piece of American history that is sure to please even the most novice historian. ( read more) Chapter 1, Forerunner: Vernon Johns, Chapter 2, Rockefeller and Ebenezer, Chapter 3, Niebuhr and the Pool Tables, Chapter 4, First Trombone, Chapter 5, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, Chapter 6, A Taste of the World, Chapter 7, The Quickening, Chapter 8, Shades of Politics, Chapter 9, A Pawn of History, Chapter 10, The Kennedy Transition, Chapter 11, Baptism on Wheels, Chapter 12, The Summer of Freedom Rides, Chapter 13, Moses in McComb, King in Kansas City, Chapter 14, Almost Christmas in Albany, Chapter 15, Hoover's Triangle and King's Machine, Chapter 16, The Fireman's Last Reprieve, Chapter 18, The Fall of Ole Miss, Chapter 18, To Birmingham, Chapter 19, Greenwood and Birmingham Jail, Chapter 20, The Children's Miracle, Chapter 21, The Firestorm, Chapter 22, The March on Washington, Chapter 23, Crossing Over: Nightmares and Dreams,
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