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I participate with a group called "Coming to the Table" (www.comingtothetable.org) which brings together descendants of the enslaved and the enslavers in the spirit of Dr. King's dream that "the sons of former slaves and slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of Brotherhood."
I read Parting the Waters to understand more fully what it means to work in the spirit of Dr. King. I'll soon read the other two books in this series.
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I read Parting the Waters to understand more fully what it means to work in the spirit of Dr. King. I'll soon read the other two books in this series.
I learned more about the Civil Rights movement than ...more
Superb but long, even for me, who likes a lot of backstory and detail. The best section is on the creation of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail." After the last of this trilofy was published I read review that stated that Branch either didn't get the full story on all of the events covered or didn't incorporate all points of view on a lot of the most important matters. Given the length of each book it seems hard to belive that's the case, but I would like to hear from anyone who shares that criti
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