The Book Prize Index

Pillar of Fire

Taylor Branch

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on the American Civil Rights Movement. In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith, recounting the climactic struggles as they commanded the national stage. - Publisher.

Race & EthnicityRace & Ethnicity · high confidenceRace & Ethnicity81 signalsLlm Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityOpen Library: United states, history, 1961-1969 -> BiographyOpen Library: Civil rights -> Race & EthnicityCivil Rights & Racial JusticeClimate, Weather & DisasterSocial Movements & ActivismLaw & Legal Change

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Hillman Prize for Book Journalism1999WinnerOfficial source
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