Pillar of Fire

Taylor Branch is the bestselling author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63; Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65; At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968; and The Clinton Tapes. He has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

In the second volume of the three-part trilogy of monumental history that began with the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Parting the Waters", Taylor Branch recreates the dramas that affected every American as the civil rights movement grew in size, impact, and intensity. of photos.

ContentsPreface to Pillar of FirePART ONEBIRMIGHAM TIDES1 Islam in Los Angeles2 Prophets in Chicago3 LBJ in St. Augustine4 Gamblers in Law5 To Vote in Mississippi: Advance by Retreat6 Tremors: L.A. to Selma7 Marx in the White House8 Summer Freeze9 Cavalry: Lowenstein and the Church10 Mirrors in Black and White11 Against All Enemies12 Frontiers on Edge: The Last MonthPART TWONEW WORLDS PASSING13 Grief14 High Councils15 Hattiesburg Freedom Day16 Ambush17 Spreading Poisons18 The Creation of Muhammad Ali19 Shaky Pulpits20 Mary Peabody Meets the Klan21 Wrestling with Legends22 Filibusters23 Pilgrims and Empty Pitchers24 BrushfiresPART THREEFREEDOM SUMMER25 Jail Marches26 Bogue Chitto Swamp27 Beachheads28 Testing Freedom29 The Cow Palace Revolt30 King in Mississippi31 Riot Politics32 Crime, War, and Freedom School33 White House Etiquette34 A Dog in the Manger: The Atlantic City Compromise35 "We see the giants..."36 Movements UnboundPART FOUR"LORD, MAKE ME PURE -- BUT NOT YET"37 Landslide38 Nobel Prize39 To the Valley: The Downward King40 Saigon, Audubon, and SelmaEpilogueAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations Used in Source NotesNotesMajor Works Cited in NotesIndex