num_pages: 7
description: Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations.This audio adaptation focuses primarily on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the key moments that defined his rise to the forefront of the civil rights movement. From Rosa Parks' monumental arrest in Montgomery to King's imprisonment in Birmingham and his triumphant march on Washington, Taylor Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of King's rise to greatness. He illuminates the stunning courage and private conflict, the deals, maneuvers, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history behind closed doors, at boycotts and sit-ins, on bloody freedom rides, and through siege and murder.
language: English
title: Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, Part 1 1954-63
titlecomplete: Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, Part 1 1954-63
characters: Martin Luther King Jr.
genres: Historical, Biography, American, Politics, Social Justice, Nonfiction, American History, Race, History, African American
ratings_count: 9591
series: America in the King Years
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: Biography, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Current Interest, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Frederic G. Melcher Book Award, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio