Taylor Branch

Jan 14, 1947 (79 years old) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Taylor Branch is the Pulitzer-Prize winning author, best known for his series on Martin Luther King, Jr and the Civil Rights era including Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, (National Book Award) Pillars of Fire and At Canaan’s Edge. He has also received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the National Humanities Medal.

Known For

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Freedom Summer

Self - Historian

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Bill Russell: Legend

Self - Co-Author with Bill Russell, 'Second Wind'

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Out of Luck

Himself

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Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

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4 Little Girls

Self - Author

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Citizen King

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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

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Credits

Bill Russell: Legend 2023

Self - Co-Author with Bill Russell, 'Second Wind'

★ 7.2
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story 2021

Self

★ NR
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media 2018

Self

★ NR
Out of Luck 2015

Himself

★ NR
Freedom Summer 2014

Self - Historian

★ 7.2
Citizen King 2004

Self

★ 7.8
4 Little Girls 1997

Self - Author

★ 7.2