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2009:

  1. Taylor Branch (this segment streams on the front page of http://www.charlierose.com)
    Taylor Branch (this segment streams on the front page of http://www.charlierose.com)

    with Taylor Branch on Oct 20, 2009

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    60 min
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1998:

  1. A conversation with author Taylor Branch
    A conversation with author Taylor Branch

    with Taylor Branch on Jan 23, 1998

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    19 min
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1996:

  1. An interview with Taylor Branch
    An interview with Taylor Branch

    with Taylor Branch on Aug 26, 1996

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    27 min
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Taylor Branch is an American author and historian, best known for his award-winning trilogy of books chronicling the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the history of the American civil rights movement.

He won several awards for his trilogy, including the Pulitzer prize in 1988 for the first installment, “Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63” (1988), and the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, for the second installment, “Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65” (1999). The third and final volume of the 2,912 page trilogy - collectively called “America in the King Years” - was released in January 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Branch