{"product_id":"9780671687427","title":"Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 - Branch, Taylor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eParting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63\u003c\/u\u003e by Branch, Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 1989\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King’s early years and rise to greatness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American Civil Rights Movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving from the fiery political baptism of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the corridors of Camelot where the Kennedy brothers weighed demands for justice against the deceptions of J. Edgar Hoover, here is a vivid tapestry of America, torn and finally transformed by a revolutionary struggle unequaled since the Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaylor Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of King's rise to greatness and illuminates the stunning courage and private conflict, the deals, maneuvers, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history behind closed doors, at boycotts and sit-ins, on bloody freedom rides, and through siege and murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpic in scope and impact, Branch's chronicle definitively captures one of the nation's most crucial passages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster, 1989","offers":[{"title":"Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 \/ Very Good","offer_id":51935115542820,"sku":"9780671687427VG","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_1a5a851a-9307-4298-8bde-d36523a8f0ba.jpg?v=1781792011","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780671687427","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}