Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 by Taylor Branch — book cover

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63

by Taylor Branch

National Book · 1988 · Winner

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Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction	1988	Winner

About the Author

Taylor BranchAmerican

Taylor Branch (born 1947) is an American author and historian best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy America in the King Years, chronicling Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement from 1954-1968. Taylor Branch official site. Read more →

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