Parting the waters

America in the King years, 1954-63

1064 pages

English language

Published Jan. 21, 1989 by Simon and Schuster.

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978-0-671-68742-7
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Standing in front of the smoking ruins of the bombed dwelling lately occupied by your wife and newborn daughter before a seething mob crying out to avenge you is a powerful test of a man's character. On January 30, 1956, Martin Luther King's house was bombed during the Montgomery Bus Boycott; his wife Coretta and daughter Yolanda barely escaped the blast. After the bombing, the house was ringed by a thin line of white policemen in imminent fear of attack by a much larger African American crowd. Appearing before the crowd, King had first to show them that Coretta and Yoki were unharmed before they would let him speak. Addressing the crowd, King reminded them that his movement was founded upon nonviolence, urged them to disband, go home, and pray, and told them that he would see them at the next mass meeting to support the boycott.

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Subjects

  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • African Americans -- Civil rights
  • Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • United States -- History -- 1953-1961