At Canaan's Edge - America in the King Years 1965-1968

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Taylor Branch writer, 1989 Pulitzer Prize [homepage]

Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch discusses the final years of Martin Luther King Jr's life when King and America stood "at Canaan's edge." In the third and final volume of his three-part biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968, Branch paints a vivid picture of American society in the mid-20th century. As the war in Viet Nam and social unrest at home began to fray the nation's optimism and faith in the future, King sought to expand the Civil Rights Movement into protests of the war and calls for broader social and economic justice. Within a few short years, his commanding and prophetic voice was silenced.

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The Story Behind The My Lai Incident

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Seymour Hersh interviewed by Steve Bookshester

Examination of various aspects of the My Lai massacre, the attempted cover-up, and the military trial. - CONTENTS: "My Lai 4" - BROADCAST: WBAI, Dec. 1969.
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The 1968 My Lai Massacre

Program: American Experience

Episode: My Lai

The 1968 My Lai massacre, its subsequent cover-up, and the heroic efforts of the soldiers who broke ranks to try to halt the atrocities, and then bring them to light.

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