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The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement - Couverture souple

Branch, Taylor

 
9781451662467: The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1451662467 ISBN 13 : 9781451662467
Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2013

Synopsis

The essential moments of the Civil Rights Movement are set in historical context by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the magisterial America in the King Years trilogy—Parting the Waters; Pillar of Fire; and At Canaan’s Edge.

Taylor Branch, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning America in the King Years trilogy, presents selections from his monumental work that recount the essential moments of the Civil Rights Movement. A masterpiece of storytelling on race and democracy, violence and nonviolence, The King Years delivers riveting tales of everyday heroes whose stories inspire us still. Here is the full sweep of an era that transformed America and continues to offer crucial lessons for today’s world. This vital primer amply fulfills Branch’s dedication: “For students of freedom and teachers of history.”

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À propos de l'auteur

Taylor Branch is the bestselling author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63; Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65; At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968; and The Clinton Tapes. He has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1451662467
ISBN 13 
9781451662467
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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