Pulitzer Prize-winner Taylor Branch tells us about the final volume of his Civil Rights trilogy, America in the King Years. This latest book, At Canaan's Edge, covers the life and influence of Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1965 to 1968.
Music:
“Ninety-Nine-and-a-Half Won’t Do” by Carlton Reece and the Birmingham Movement Choir
Sing For Freedom Smithsonian Folkways Records
“Mahalia Moans” by Mahalia Jackson
When Gospel Was Gospel Shanachie Entertainment
Music:
“Ninety-Nine-and-a-Half Won’t Do” by Carlton Reece and the Birmingham Movement Choir
Sing For Freedom Smithsonian Folkways Records
“Mahalia Moans” by Mahalia Jackson
When Gospel Was Gospel Shanachie Entertainment
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