1988, ISBN: 0671460978

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[EAN: 9780671460976], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Simon & Schuster], CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, UNITED STATES, AFRICAN AMERICANS, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JOHN KENNEDY, ROBERT J. EDGAR HOO… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780671460976], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Simon & Schuster], CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, UNITED STATES, AFRICAN AMERICANS, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JOHN KENNEDY, ROBERT J. EDGAR HOOVER, FBI, ROSA PARKS, DISOBEDIENCE, Political Science|Public Policy|Social Policy, Social Science|Discrimination & Race Relations, Social Science|Ethnic Studies|African-American Studies, Jacket, PARTING THE WATERS: AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS, 1954-63 by Taylor Branch, hardcover with dust jacket, Book-of-the-Month Club edition, inscribed by Taylor Branch, illustrated with photos, 1988. BOOK CONDITION: very good. The text block is in fine condition, with no marks, tears, or dog-ears. Not a library book nor remainder. No bookplate nor signature of prior owner. Good binding. The blue boards are in very good condition (a few small spots on back). The spine is lightly bumped at the top. The dust jacket is in fair condition (intact, but with some shelf rubbing, creases, chipping along edges, some minor tears). 9 ½ x 6 ½, 1064 pages, 55 ounces. NOTE THAT SINCE THE BOOK WEIGHS OVER THREE POUNDS, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE U.S OR REQUIRE PRIORITY MAIL INSIDE USA. XX [From the dust jacket flaps] In PARTING THE WATERS, the first volume of his AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS, Taylor Branch begins an epic of America on the threshold of its most explosive era. Moving from the fiery political baptism of a young Southern minister named Martin Luther King to the FBI and the corridors of Camelot where the Kennedy brothers weighed demands for justice against political realities and the deceptions of J. Edgar Hoover, PARTING THE WATERS is a tapestry of our nation, torn and finally transformed by a revolutionary struggle unequaled since the Civil War?the American civil rights movement. Through a gallery of characters from presidents and movie stars to students, government agents, journalists, and ordinary citizens whose lives were changed forever, Branch takes us into the streets and jails where the battles for freedom were fought. And drawing from previously unreleased tape recordings of the Kennedys and of King in private, he reveals the deals, maneuvers, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history behind closed doors. Branch chronicles the struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the rise of King and the bitter presidential contest of 1960 where the outcome turned on the Kennedy camp's reluctant campaign for the black vote, We experience the arrest of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott; the lunch counter sit-ins; the bloody Freedom Rides which fanned tension between King and the administration; the confrontation at Ole Miss; the siege of Birmingham; the church bombings; the murder of Medgar Evers, and as the struggle reached its apex?the nightmare of Kennedy's assassination. Branch provides a revealing, unsurpassed portrait of a Martin Luther King never seen before? a sophisticated man in revolt against his heritage, gravitating between conscience and temptation. Similarly, Branch illuminates the private conflicts of John and Robert Kennedy pragmatic politicians whose liberal sympathies did not preclude the appointment of conservative Southern judges. Here, too, is J. Edgar Hoover, who harassed the movement with secret wiretaps and trumped-up charges of communism and who manipulated JFK with his knowledge of the President's most intimate secrets. In addition, we come to know Stanley Levison, King's controversial, and closest, confidant; the remarkable Robert Moses of SNCC; the flamboyant Bayard Rustin; and the heroes among Kennedy's men?John Doar and John Seigenthaler, who braved bloody attacks and the scorn of Southern sheriffs. Monumental in scope and impact, PARTING THE WATERS is a masterpiece of American history with this century's most dynamic leaders at its center., Books<

1988, ISBN: 9780671460976

Simon and Schuster, 1988-11-15. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [Pulitzer Prize Award Winner in American History] Hardcover and dust jacket. Jacket clipped. Good binding and cover.… Mehr…

Simon and Schuster, 1988-11-15. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [Pulitzer Prize Award Winner in American History] Hardcover and dust jacket. Jacket clipped. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Spine creased. Pages unmarked. <br> "Chronicles dramatic campaigns in Mississippi and Alabama, King's tormented alliance with Lyndon Johnson, his painful break with Stokey Carmichael over black power, and persecution by Hoover's FBI. This book brings the decades of the Civil Rights struggle alive and preserves the integrity of those who marched and died., Simon and Schuster, 1988-11-15, 3<

1988, ISBN: 0671460978

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9780671460976], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Simon and Schuster], [Pulitzer Prize Award Winner in American History] Hardcover and dust jacket. Jacket clipped. Good binding an… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780671460976], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Simon and Schuster], [Pulitzer Prize Award Winner in American History] Hardcover and dust jacket. Jacket clipped. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Spine creased. Pages unmarked. "Chronicles dramatic campaigns in Mississippi and Alabama, King's tormented alliance with Lyndon Johnson, his painful break with Stokey Carmichael over black power, and persecution by Hoover's FBI. This book brings the decades of the Civil Rights struggle alive and preserves the integrity of those who marched and died.", Books<

1988, ISBN: 9780671460976

Simon and Schuster, 11/15/1988 12:00:01. hardcover. Acceptable. 2.0000 in x 9.3000 in x 6.4000 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show … Mehr…

Simon and Schuster, 11/15/1988 12:00:01. hardcover. Acceptable. 2.0000 in x 9.3000 in x 6.4000 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket., Simon and Schuster, 11/15/1988 12:00:01, 2.5<