Parting the Waters: America in the King Years by Taylor Branch — book cover

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years

by Taylor Branch

Anisfield-Wolf Book · 1989 · Winner

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Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award – Nonfiction	1989	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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