America in the King Years is a three-volume history of the civil rights movement by Taylor Branch, which he wrote between 1982 and 2006.

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 is the first book in the trilogy, and was published in 1988.

The second volume, Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65, was published in 1998.

Although it is subtitled "America in the King Years," the book's scope is less grandiose.

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963.

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954- 1963.

The third and final volume of the 2,912-page trilogy - collectively called America in the King Years - was released in January 2006.

Pillar of Fire America in the King Years, 1963-65.

At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 (2007)

"America in the King Years," Branch's running title for the trilogy, is not a mere conceit, a fancy way of describing a biography.