Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63 — The Network Behind the Movement
How does a local protest become a national movement—and why does history often remember the leader more clearly than the system that made leadership possible?
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Using Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63 by Taylor Branch as our lens, this investigation examines the interconnected institutions, relationships, and feedback loops that shaped the American civil rights movement.
Branch combines biography and social history to place Martin Luther King, Jr. at the heart of the King years without…
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