The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement by Taylor Branch Paperback Book

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Rent The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement

Author: Taylor Branch

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: Aug 2013

Genre: Political Science - Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights

Retail Price: $17.99

Pages: 224

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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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