Taylor Branch: Pillar of Fire

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Taylor Branch, author of Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-1965 discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s spiritual and political legacy.

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Publisher: Newshour Productions AudioReleased: Feb 2, 1998ISBN: 1987104307Format: audiobook

Taylor Branch: Pillar of Fire

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