At Canaan's Edge
America in the King Years, 1965-68
Taylor Branch(Author)
Simon & Schuster Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 15. May 2006
Book
Hardback
800 pages
978-0-684-85712-1 (ISBN)
Description
These concluding years of the freedom era show King at the height of his powers even as his worldly prestige falls under withering attack. We witness non-violent advances for democracy in the face of growing factionalism and fear. We meet heroines and martyrs; enter a world battered by private doubts, public dreams, contagious inspiration, official harassment, and poisonous discord over the Vietnam War. The narrative begins with violence before the pivotal 1965 Selma march for the right to vote, a dangerous time. From landmark victory there, King's movement comes under threat from competing forces. Branch 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. Like "Parting the Waters" and "Pillar of Fire", "At Canaan's Edge" is a magnificent achievement that brings the decades of the Civil Rights struggle alive and preserves the integrity of those who marched and died.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-684-85712-1 (9780684857121)
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04/2007
1st Edition
Simon + Schuster LLC
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Person
Taylor Branch is the much honoured author of a number of non-fiction books. He is currently working on the final volume of his acclaimed history of the civil rights movement.