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Format:

Book

Author:

Kendrick, Stephen, 1954- author.

Title:

Nine days : the race to save Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and win the 1960 election / Stephen Kendrick, and Paul Kendrick.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

Description:

352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary:

"A history of the 1960 US presidential election with a focus on the role played by the imprisonment of Martin Luther King Jr. in the wake of an Atlanta sit-in"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects:

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Imprisonment.

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.

Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960.

Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Civil rights demonstrations -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century.

Civil rights -- United States -- History.

United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.

Other Author:

Kendrick, Paul, 1983- author.

Other Title:

9 days : the race to save Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and win the 1960 election

Race to save Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and win the 1960 election

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"In trouble" -- "You can't lead from the back" -- Day 1: Wednesday, October 19 -- Day 2: Thursday, October 20 -- Day 3: Friday, October 21 -- Day 4: Saturday, October 22 -- Day 5: Sunday, October 23 -- Day 6: Monday, October 24 -- Day 7: Tuesday, October 25 -- Day 8: Wednesday, October 26 -- Day 9: Thursday, October 27 -- Time to detonate -- "It was a symphony" -- "They all just turned" -- The dungeon shook.

LCCN:

2020039720

ISBN:

9781250155702

Other Number:

1153508535

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

882379

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

323.097 Kendrick