Bibliograph

At Canaan's edge, America in the King years, 1965-68, Taylor Branch

Type

Label

At Canaan's edge, America in the King years, 1965-68, Taylor Branch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 981-992) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

At Canaan's edge

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

62118415

Responsibility statement

Taylor Branch

Sub title

America in the King years, 1965-68

Summary

At Canaan's Edge concludes America in the King Years, a three-volume history that will endure as a masterpiece of storytelling on American race, violence, and democracy. Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author Taylor Branch makes clear in this magisterial account of the civil rights movement that Martin Luther King, Jr., earned a place next to James Madison and Abraham Lincoln in the pantheon of American history

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part one : Selma : the last revolution. 1. Warning -- 2. Scouts -- 3. Dissent -- 4. Boxed in -- 5. Over the bridge -- 6. The call -- 7. Devil's choice -- 8. The ghost of London -- 9. Wallace and the Archbishop -- 10. And we shall overcome -- 11. Half-inch hailstones -- 12. Neutralize their anxieties -- 13. To Montgomery -- 14. The stakes of history -- 15. Aftershocks -- 16. Bearings in a whirlwind -- Part two : High tide. 17. Ten feet tall -- 18. Leaps of faith -- 19. Gulps of freedom -- 20. Fort Deposit -- 21. Watts and Hayneville -- 22. Fragile alliance -- 23. Identity -- Part three : Crossroads in freedom and war. 24. Enemy politics -- 25. Inside out -- 26. Refugees -- 27. Break points -- 28. Panther ladies -- 29. Meredith march -- 30. Chicago -- 31. Valley moments -- 32. Backlash -- Part four : Passion. 33. Spy visions -- 34. Riverside -- 35. Splinters -- 36. King's choice -- 37. New Year trials -- 38. Memphis -- 39. Requiem -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor