Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 [Paperback]

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on the American Civil Rights Movement.

In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began withParting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith, recounting the climactic struggles as they commanded the national stage.Contents
Preface toPillar of Fire

PART ONE
BIRMIGHAM TIDES
1 Islam in Los Angeles
2 Prophets in Chicago
3 LBJ in St. Augustine
4 Gamblers in Law
5 To Vote in Mississippi: Advance by Retreat
6 Tremors: L.A. to Selma
7 Marx in the White House
8 Summer Freeze
9 Cavalry: Lowenstein and the Church
10 Mirrors in Black and White
11 Against All Enemies
12 Frontiers on Edge: The Last Month

PART TWO
NEW WORLDS PASSING
13 Grief
14 High Councils
15 Hattiesburg Freedom Day
16 Ambush
17 Spreading Poisons
18 The Creation of Muhammad Ali
19 Shaky Pulpits
20 Mary Peabody Meets the Klan
21 Wrestling with Legends
22 Filibusters
23 Pilgrims and Empty Pitchers
24 Brushfires

PART THREE
FREEDOM SUMMER
25 Jail Marches
26 Bogue Chitto Swamp
27 Beachheads
28 Testing Freedom
29 The Cow Palace Revolt
30 King in Mississippi
31 Riot Politics
32 Crime, War, and Freedom School
33 White House Etiquette
34 A Dog in the Manger: The Atlantic City Compromise
35 We see the giants...
36 Movements Unbound

PART FOUR
LORD, MAKE ME PURE -- BUT NOT YET
37 Landslide
38 Nobel Prize
39 To the Valley: The Downward King
40 Saigon, Audubon, and Selma
Epilogue

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations Used in Source Notes
Notes
Major Works Cited in Notes
IndexRichard BernsteinThe New York TimesBy the time you have finished [Pillar of Fire