Pillar of Fire America in the King Years 1963-65

Name: Pillar of Fire America in the King Years 1963-65
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ISBN: 9780684848099

ISBN-10: 0684848090

ISBN-13: 9780684848099

Edition: 1999

Authors: Taylor Branch

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Pillar of Fire covers the far-flung upheavals of the years 1963 to 1965. It provides a frank, revealing portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.- haunted by blackmail, factionalism, and hatred.

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 1/20/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 768
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English



Preface


to Pillar of Fire



Birmigham Tides



Islam in Los Angeles



Prophets in Chicago



LBJ in St. Augustine



Gamblers in Law



To Vote in Mississippi: Advance by Retreat



Tremors: L.A. to Selma



Marx in the White House



Summer Freeze



Cavalry: Lowenstein and the Church



Mirrors in Black and White



Against All Enemies



Frontiers on Edge: The Last Month



New Worlds Passing



Grief



High Councils



Hattiesburg Freedom Day



Ambush



Spreading Poisons



The Creation of Muhammad Ali



Shaky Pulpits



Mary Peabody Meets the Klan



Wrestling with Legends



Filibusters



Pilgrims and Empty Pitchers



Brushfires



Freedom Summer



Jail Marches



Bogue Chitto Swamp



Beachheads



Testing Freedom



The Cow Palace Revolt



King in Mississippi



Riot Politics



Crime, War, and Freedom School



White House Etiquette



A Dog in the Manger: The Atlantic City Compromise



"We see the giants..."



Movements Unbound



"Lord, Make me Pure -- But Not Yet"



Landslide



Nobel Prize



To the Valley: The Downward King



Saigon, Audubon, and Selma


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations Used in Source Notes


Notes


Major Works Cited in Notes


Index