The Resource A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination, Clay Risen
A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination, Clay Risen
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The item A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination, Clay Risen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- "Lyndon Johnson got the call a few minutes after 7 p.m.: 'Mr. President, Martin Luther King has been shot.' Within hours, rioting had engulfed Washington, D.C. Before the violence was over, the US Army occupied three major American cities, and National Guard units patrolled a dozen more. The riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, delivered a death blow to the liberal dream of the 1960s, gave new life to the faltering conservative political movement, and launched urban America into a downward spiral from which much of it has never recovered. In an epic narrative, Risen shows how a mere ten days - between Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal from the 1968 campaign on March 31 to King's death on April 4 to Johnson's signature of the 1968 Civil Rights Act on April 11 - literally rewrote the course of American history, from race relations to urban decline to presidential politics."--Book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- King, Johnson, and the terrible, glorious thirty-first day of March
- April 4 : Before the bullet
- April 4 : The news arrives
- April 4 : U and Fourteenth
- April 5 : Midnight interlude
- April 5 : "Any man's death diminishes me"
- April 5 : "Once that line has been crossed"
- April 5 : "Official disorder on top of civil disorder"
- April 5 : The occupation of Washington
- April 5 : "There are no ghettos in Chicago"
- April 6 : Roadblocks
- April 6 : An eruption in Baltimore
- April 7 : Palm Sunday
- April 8 : Bluff city on edge
- April 9 : A country rent asunder
- April 10 and 11 : Two speeches
- A summer postscript
- 1969 and after
- Isbn
- 9780470177105
- Label
- A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination
- Title
- A nation on fire
- Title remainder
- America in the wake of the King assassination
- Statement of responsibility
- Clay Risen
- Subject
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- Inner cities -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Assassination
- trueRace riots
- Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975
- trueRiots -- United States -- History
- United States
- United States -- Race relations
- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueRiots -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Lyndon Johnson got the call a few minutes after 7 p.m.: 'Mr. President, Martin Luther King has been shot.' Within hours, rioting had engulfed Washington, D.C. Before the violence was over, the US Army occupied three major American cities, and National Guard units patrolled a dozen more. The riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, delivered a death blow to the liberal dream of the 1960s, gave new life to the faltering conservative political movement, and launched urban America into a downward spiral from which much of it has never recovered. In an epic narrative, Risen shows how a mere ten days - between Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal from the 1968 campaign on March 31 to King's death on April 4 to Johnson's signature of the 1968 Civil Rights Act on April 11 - literally rewrote the course of American history, from race relations to urban decline to presidential politics."--Book jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Risen, Clay
- Dewey number
- 973.923
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6477
- LC item number
- .R57 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- King, Martin Luther
- Race riots
- Inner cities
- African Americans
- United States
- United States
- Label
- A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination, Clay Risen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-282) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- King, Johnson, and the terrible, glorious thirty-first day of March -- April 4 : Before the bullet -- April 4 : The news arrives -- April 4 : U and Fourteenth -- April 5 : Midnight interlude -- April 5 : "Any man's death diminishes me" -- April 5 : "Once that line has been crossed" -- April 5 : "Official disorder on top of civil disorder" -- April 5 : The occupation of Washington -- April 5 : "There are no ghettos in Chicago" -- April 6 : Roadblocks -- April 6 : An eruption in Baltimore -- April 7 : Palm Sunday -- April 8 : Bluff city on edge -- April 9 : A country rent asunder -- April 10 and 11 : Two speeches -- A summer postscript -- 1969 and after
- Control code
- 739287
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780470177105
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 2008026789
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780470177105
- (OCoLC)232358181
- Label
- A nation on fire : America in the wake of the King assassination, Clay Risen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-282) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- King, Johnson, and the terrible, glorious thirty-first day of March -- April 4 : Before the bullet -- April 4 : The news arrives -- April 4 : U and Fourteenth -- April 5 : Midnight interlude -- April 5 : "Any man's death diminishes me" -- April 5 : "Once that line has been crossed" -- April 5 : "Official disorder on top of civil disorder" -- April 5 : The occupation of Washington -- April 5 : "There are no ghettos in Chicago" -- April 6 : Roadblocks -- April 6 : An eruption in Baltimore -- April 7 : Palm Sunday -- April 8 : Bluff city on edge -- April 9 : A country rent asunder -- April 10 and 11 : Two speeches -- A summer postscript -- 1969 and after
- Control code
- 739287
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xii, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780470177105
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 2008026789
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780470177105
- (OCoLC)232358181
Subject
- Inner cities -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- King, Martin Luther, Jr, 1929-1968 -- Assassination
- trueRace riots
- Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1964-1975
- trueRiots -- United States -- History
- United States
- United States -- Race relations
- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueRiots -- History
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