February 1: The King Years by Taylor Branch

This year, we kick off Black History Month with this essential look at the evolution of the civil rights movement in American history.

The King Years is a succinct and accessible chronicle of key events in the civil rights movement. Written by Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of the trilogy that includes Parting the Waters, this book traces how the movement evolved from a bus strike to a political and social revolution.

In The King Years, Taylor Branch relates the dramatic story of how the civil rights movement evolved from a bus strike to a political revolutions and brings this historic achievement to a wider audience.

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