From the Book - First edition.
Prologue : "A sneeze meant death"
Introduction to Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights movement. 1865-1958: Jim Crow America
1955-156: Montgomery Bus Boycott
1959-1962: On the rise: lunch counters, freedom riders, and Ole Miss
1963: Tragedies and triumphs: protests in Birmingham, a letter from jail, and a march on Washington
1963, continued: disaster and hope: a bombing in Birmingham, the assassination of a president, and a new leader
1964: From the Civil Rights Bill and the Nobel Prize to a murder and a slander
1965: New challenges and warning signs: the assassination of Malcolm X, the battle for Selma, the Voting Rights Act, and the Watts Riot
1966: A year of doubts and divisions: Chicago, Black Panthers, and militants
1967: Splitting the movement and opposition to the Vietnam War
A collision course. April 23, 1967: A jail break
The assassination. Planning a murder
March 30-31, 1968: Momentous days
April 1 and 2, 1968: Countdown to Memphis
April 3, 1968: A great day
April 4, 1968: The last day
Manhunt! April 4: Escaping Memphis
April 4: A hot tip and a hoax
April 4: Aftermath at the motel and across the nation
April 5, 1968: The FBI investigation
April 9, 1968: Farewell to a king
April 16-20, 1968: The assassin identified
June 4-8, 1968: Another assassination and an arrest