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Nine days : the race to save Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and win the 1960 election

By Kendrick, Stephen, 1954- author.
Kendrick, Paul, 1983- author.

Published 2021 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

ISBN 9781250155702

Bib Id 1085835

Edition First edition.

Description pages cm

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Leader

cam a22 8i 4500

LCCN

2020-039720

ISBN

9781250155702 (hardcover) $28.00

1250155703

Call #

323.0973 K

Author

Kendrick, Stephen, 1954- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98095861

Title

Nine days : the race to save Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and win the 1960 election

Varying Form of Title

Race to save Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and win the 1960 election

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

2021 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York :

Description

pages cm

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

"In Trouble" -- "You Can't Lead from the Back" -- Day 1: Wednesday, October 19 -- Day 2: Thursday, October 20 -- Day 3: Friday, October 21 -- Day 4: Saturday, October 22 -- Day 5: Sunday, October 23 -- Day 6: Monday, October 24 -- Day 7: Tuesday, October 25 -- Day 8: Wednesday, October 26 -- Day 9: Thursday, October 27 -- Time to Detonate -- "It Was a Symphony" -- "They All Just Turned" -- Epilogue: The Dungeon Shook.

Summary

"A history of the 1960 US presidential election with a focus on the role played by the imprisonment of Martin Luther King Jr. in the wake of an Atlanta sit-in"--

Subject

Presidents--United States--Election--1960.

Political campaigns--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia Atlanta--History--20th century.

Civil rights--United States--History.

United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.

Added Author

Kendrick, Paul, 1983- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004028985