Pillar of Fire
Subtitle: America in the King Years 1963-65 (America in the King Years)
Edition: New Ed edition
Series: America in the King years ; v. 2
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: January 20, 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9780684848099
Copyright date: 1998
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Demonstrations & protest movements; Human rights; c 1960 to c 1970; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Afro-Americans; United States - 20th Century; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; United States - 20th Century/60s; History / United States / 20th Century; African Americans; United States; Africa - General; 20th century; Civil rights; Civil rights movements
First sentence: ON APRIL 27, 1962, Muslims gathered for the Friday evening prayer service at Muhammad's Temple No. 27 in South-Central Los Angeles, east of Culver City and west of Watts.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Birmingham Tides.; title: 1. Islam in Los Angeles; title: 2. Prophets in Chicago; title: 3. LBJ in St. Augustine; title: 4. Gamblers in Law; title: 5. To Vote in Mississippi: Advance by Retreat; title: 6. Tremors : L.A. to Selma; title: 7. Marx in the White House; title: 8. Summer Freeze; title: 9. Cavalry: Lowenstein and the Church; title: 10. Mirrors in Black and White; title: 11. Against All Enemies; title: 12. Frontiers on Edge : The Last Month; title: pt. 2. New Worlds Passing.; title: 13. Grief; title: 14. High Councils; title: 15. Hattiesburg Freedom Day; title: 16. Ambush; title: 17. Spreading Poisons; title: 18. The Creation of Muhammad Ali; title: 19. Shaky Pulpits; title: 20. Mary Peabody Meets the Klan; title: 21. Wrestling with Legends; title: 22. Filibusters; title: 23. Pilgrims and Empty Pitchers; title: 24. Brushfires; title: pt. 3. Freedom Summer.; title: 25. Jail Marches; title: 26. Bogue Chitto Swamp; title: 27. Beachheads; title: 28. Testing Freedom; title: 29. The Cow Palace Revolt; title: 30. King in Mississippi; title: 31. Riot Politics; title: 32. Crime, War, and Freedom School; title: 33. White House Etiquette; title: 34. A Dog in the Manger : The Atlantic City Compromise; title: 35. "We see the giants ..."; title: 36. Movements Unbound; title: pt. 4. "Lord, Make Me Pure but Not Yet".; title: 37. Landslide; title: 38. Nobel Prize; title: 39. To the Valley : The Downward King; title: 40. Saigon, Audubon, and Selma