The Book Prize Index

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963

Taylor Branch

Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.

Race & EthnicityRace & Ethnicity · high confidenceRace & Ethnicity81 signalsLlm Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityOpen Library: Civil Rights Movement -> Race & EthnicityOpen Library: Civil rights movements -> Race & EthnicityBlack History & CultureAmerican PoliticsAmerican Civil War

Award History

4 wins · 5 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestMajor1989WinnerSecondary source
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor1989Co-winnerSecondary source
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor1988WinnerSecondary source
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards: Nonfiction1989Co-winnerOfficial source
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1989FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    25 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 30%.