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America in the King Years: Book 3
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Description edit
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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lyndon Johnson: Add a description of this character.
- Stokely Carmichael
- Robert Kennedy
- Katzenbach
- Stanley Levison
- Wallace
- Mcnamara
- Andrew Young
- Hosea Williams
- Martin Luther King
- Abernathy
- Jonathan Daniels
- J. Edgar Hoover
- Jesse Jackson
- Bayard Rustin
- Clark
- Mayor Daley
- John Lewis
- James Lawson
- Rowe
- James Forman
- Deloach
- John Doar
- Morrisroe
- Powell
- Moynihan
- Russell
- Malcolm
- James Bevel
- Carpenter
- Harry Wachtel
- Reeb
- Reagan
- John Hulett
- Brown
Setting & Locations edit
- Selma
- South Vietnam
- Sncc
- Alabama
- Chicago
- Washington
- White House
- Mississippi
- Atlanta
- New York
- Birmingham
- America
- Memphis
- United States
- California
- Georgia
- Lowndes County
- Los Angeles
- Israel
- Texas
- Hanoi
- Grenada
- North Vietnam
- South Carolina
- Montgomery
- Rutherford
- Boston
- Hayneville
- Pettus Bridge
- Liuzzo
- Natchez
- Harlem
- Riverside
- Berkeley
- Massachusetts
- Asia
- City Hall
- Virginia
- Saigon
- Detroit
- Europe
- Newark
- Michigan
- Tennessee
- St. Paul
- Wisconsin
- South Africa
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 3 in America in the King Years. (standard series)
Preceded by Pillar of Fire.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Taylor Branch (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 068485712X
Page Count: 1056
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 068485712X
Page Count: 1056
Awards edit
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2007)
- National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist, 2006: Biography)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: E185.615 .B67 2006
- Dewey: 323.1196073009046
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1960s
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1945 - Present
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › United States › Civil Rights
- Books › History › Americas › United States › African Americans › History
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › People, A-Z › ( K ) › King, Martin Luther
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Systems Of Government
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › African-American Studies
- Books › Law › Constitutional Law › Human Rights
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Civil Rights & Liberties
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Ethnic & National › African-American & Black
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