Book · 1988 · Politieke geschiedenis
Parting the Waters
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The second book that I really um have been reading in the year before uh October 7th when we all had all this internal struggle in Israel was tayor branches parting the waters about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement.
The best things said about it
This is the Taylor Branch series on Martin Luther King also incredible.
Ryan Holiday My First Million · Oct 2022 When I read this in, Taylor Branch's book, Parting the Waters in American King years, and Taylor branch is a Democrat.
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Why people recommend it
Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch is a monumental Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the American civil rights movement, focusing on Martin Luther King Jr. and the years leading up to the historic struggles of the 1960s. On The Ezra Klein Show, Ari Shavit recommended the book, sharing that it was one of the key works he read during the period of intense internal political struggle in Israel prior to October 7. On My First Million, Ryan Holiday also recommended the biography series, describing it as an incredible and vast life's work dedicated to documenting King's legacy. Additionally, Vince Everett Ellison referenced Taylor Branch's book on The Tucker Carlson Show to support various arguments regarding the historical relationship between the federal government and prominent civil rights leaders, specifically noting the author's background as a Democrat and former college roommate of Bill Clinton.
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Ari Shavit the second book that I really um have been reading in the year before uh October 7th when we all had all th… 1
“the second book that I really um have been reading in the year before uh October 7th when we all had all this internal struggle in Israel was tayor branches parting the waters about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement”
Ryan Holiday this is the Taylor Branch series on Martin Luther King also incredible 1
“this is the Taylor Branch series on Martin Luther King also incredible”
Vince Everett Ellison When I read this in, Taylor Branch's book, Parting the Waters in American King years, and Taylor branch is… 2
“When I read this in, Taylor Branch's book, Parting the Waters in American King years, and Taylor branch is a Democrat.”
“When I read this in Taylor Branch's book, 'Parting the Waters in American King years,' and Taylor Branch is a Democrat. Yeah, he's Bill Clinton's roommate at Yale. Yeah.”
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“I should say that there have been other biographies of King and I and I think I'm really fond of Taylor Branch's epic 3 volume history of the civil rights movement and the first volume of that parting the waters has always been one of my favorite books”
“...and then the Clinton sock thing was uh Clinton put all of his uh his his tapes for his Taylor Branch conversations uh who's a civil rights historian They wrote a book about Bill Clinton He Clinton had those tapes in his sock drawer...”