Taylor Branch
Biographic Data
| ID | 1021397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Taylor Branch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Taylor |
| FAMILY NAME | Branch |
| SIGNATURE | BRANCH T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
These concluding years of the freedom era show King at the height of his powers even as his worldly prestige falls under withering attack. We witness non-violent advances for democracy in the face of growing factionalism and fear. We meet heroines and martyrs; enter a world battered by private doubts, public dreams, contagious inspiration, official harassment, and poisonous discord over the Vietnam War. The narrative begins with violence before t…
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65
Journal Article Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963—65. By Taylor Branch. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. xiv, 746 pp. $30.00, ISBN 0-684-80819-6.) Get access William H. Chafe William H. Chafe Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Pages 1041–1042, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567228 Published: 01 De…
Students and Civil Rights in the 1960s
The black civil rights movement of the early 1960s was a mass movement that used activist tactics, was committed to a philosophy of nonviolence, and sought racial integration and equality as its goal. By the middle of the decade, this movement had achieved a considerable measure of success. Race segregation in America, while not yet abolished, had been stripped of the institutional legitimacy it had previously enjoyed. In the process, America's c…
Parting the Waters: America in the King years 1954-63
Labyrinth
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
These concluding years of the freedom era show King at the height of his powers even as his worldly prestige falls under withering attack. We witness non-violent advances for democracy in the face of growing factionalism and fear. We meet heroines and martyrs; enter a world battered by private doubts, public dreams, contagious inspiration, official harassment, and poisonous discord over the Vietnam War. The narrative begins with violence before t…
Labyrinth
Parting the Waters: America in the King years 1954-63
Students and Civil Rights in the 1960s
The black civil rights movement of the early 1960s was a mass movement that used activist tactics, was committed to a philosophy of nonviolence, and sought racial integration and equality as its goal. By the middle of the decade, this movement had achieved a considerable measure of success. Race segregation in America, while not yet abolished, had been stripped of the institutional legitimacy it had previously enjoyed. In the process, America's c…
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65
Journal Article Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963—65. By Taylor Branch. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. xiv, 746 pp. $30.00, ISBN 0-684-80819-6.) Get access William H. Chafe William H. Chafe Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 3, December 1998, Pages 1041–1042, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567228 Published: 01 De…
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
These concluding years of the freedom era show King at the height of his powers even as his worldly prestige falls under withering attack. We witness non-violent advances for democracy in the face of growing factionalism and fear. We meet heroines and martyrs; enter a world battered by private doubts, public dreams, contagious inspiration, official harassment, and poisonous discord over the Vietnam War. The narrative begins with violence before t…
Political science (4 works) · Race, History, and American Society (4 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Pillar (2 works)