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Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63

By Taylor Branch
Unabridged — 45 hours, 10 minutes
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By Taylor Branch
Unabridged — 45 hours, 10 minutes
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In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling...masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King's early years and rise to greatness.

Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations.

Moving from the fiery political baptism of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the corridors of Camelo...

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