Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years, 1963-1965

Portrays the civil rights era at its zenith; covers the far-flung upheavals of the years 1963 to 1965 -- Dallas, St. Augustine, Mississippi Freedom Summer, LBJ¹s Great Soc. and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Vietnam, Selma. Provides a frank, revealing portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- haunted by blackmail, factionalism, and hatred while he tried to hold the nonviolent movement together as a dramatic force in history. Characters include: Malcolm X, Lyndon Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover, Diane Nash, Abraham Heschel, MS SNCC leader Robert Moses, and Fannie Lou Hamer. Branch brings to bear 15 years of research in a seminal work of history. Illustrated.Branch, Taylor is the author of 'Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years, 1963-1965', published 2001 under ISBN 9780788197512 and ISBN 0788197517.