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Parting the Waters

Parting the Waters

by Taylor Branch

1988Politieke geschiedenisCivil Rights MovementAfro-AmericansCivil rights movementsAfrican Americans
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Under such conditions, and with the U.S. Congress threatening a new Fifteenth Amendment to establish the right of Negroes to vote and govern, most whites were of no mind to dispute the Negro right to religion.

Under such conditions, and with the U.S. Congress threatening a new Fifteenth Amendment to establish the right of Negroes to vote and govern, most whites were of no mind to dispute the Negro right to religion.

About this book

Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.

Themes & subjects

Politieke geschiedenisCivil Rights MovementAfro-AmericansCivil rights movementsAfrican AmericansCivil rights
First published 1988

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Setting

United States1953-196120th century

About the author

Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch

14 January 1947

Taylor Branch is an American author and historian best known for his award-winning trilogy of books chronicling the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and much of the history of the American Civil Rights Movement. - Wikipedia

Author

Taylor Branch

First published

1988

Pages

1,064

Read time

≈ 27h

Editions

12

Language

English

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

ISBN

9780743551458

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