Monday, March 19, 2018
One-Night Class
Odyssey Advanced Academic Programs
6:30-8:30pm
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Further information and registration
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Presentation With Rev. William Barber
Search For Meaning Book Festival
3:00pm
Campion Ballroom
Seattle University
914 E. Jefferson Street
Seattle, WA 98122
Further information and tickets
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Mark O. Hatfield Forum Address
Oregon Historical Society
7:00pm
First Congregation Church of Christ
1126 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
Tuesday, January 22, 2018
World Premiere Screening
“King in the Wilderness”
A Kunhardt Films documentary on the last years of MLK’s life
5:30pm
Sundance Film Festival
The MARC Theater
Park City, Utah
As an Executive Producer, I will discuss the film at Sundance with Director Peter Kunhardt and Ambassador Andrew Young.
Here is the complete Sundance schedule for January 22, with links to other dates Jan. 18-28.
HBO will broadcast “King in the Wilderness” on Sunday, April 1, 2018 at the start of commemoration week for the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s death in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
12th Annual WNYC Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
3:00pm
Apollo Theater
253 W. 125th Street, New York, NY 10027
Further information and tickets
Thursday, November 9, 2017
“Our Shared Humanity”
Covenant Network of Presbyterians
7:00pm
First and Franklin Presbyterian
210 West Madison Street
Baltimore, MD
Further information and registration
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
“King’s Dream For Justice: Then and Now”
Annual American Democracy Lecture
7:30pm
Parmer Hall
Messiah College
1 College Avenue
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Further information and tickets
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
“A Life With MLK: The Perils of Biographical History”
Tenth Annual Lecture
Leonard Levy Center for Biography
6:30-7:30pm
Proshansky Auditorium
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
Further information and tickets
Friday, April 8, 2016
“Remembering Julian Bond”
Panel, Organization of American Historians Convention
10:50am-12:20pm
Rhode Island Convention Center
One Sabin Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Further information and registration
Thursday, March 24, 2016
College Athletes’ Rights and Empowerment Conference
Sponsored by Drexel University
Opening Session: 4:00-8:00pm
National Constitution Center
525 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Other speakers include Kain Coulter, Harry Edwards, Ramogi Huma, Donna Lopiano, Ed O’Bannon, Joe Nocera, and Sonny Vaccaro.
Further information and registration
Friday, February 12, 2016
Public Life/Personal Faith Luncheon Speaker
Perkins School of Theology, SMU
noon
Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Great Hall
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Public Address: “Freedom and Gridlock: Lessons from MLK”
Modesto, California MLK Day Commemoration
7:00 pm
Modesto Junior College East Campus Auditorium
435 College Avenue
Modesto, CA 95350 telephone: 209-575-6550
Sunday, January 17, 2016
MLK Day Celebration
The Apollo Theater and New York WNYC Present
“Race and Privilege: Exploring MLK’s Two Americas”
3:00pm
The Apollo Theater, 253 W. 125th Street, NY, NY
Monday, December 7, 2015
Keynote Address “Inside the Struggle†Central European University Conference on Civil Rights and the Roma Crisis
9:00AM (Budapest Time)
CEU Auditorium Budapest
Hungary
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Michel Martin, “Going Thereâ€
National Public Radio Program on the 60th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Broadcast from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Montgomery, AL
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Author Honoree 20th Anniversary Gala Celebration
American Visionary Art Museum
7:00PM
800 Key Highway
Baltimore, MD 21230
Ticketed Event
Additional event information
Friday, November 13, 2013
Panelist, “Voting Rights Act of 1965: Past and Futureâ€
Appellate Judges Education Institute
OMNI-Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008 (closed event)
Monday, November 9, 2015
Induction Ceremony Georgia Writers Hall of Fame
10:00AM
Special Collections Libraries
Richard B. Russell Building
300 S. Hull Street
Athens, GA 30602
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Mellon Foundation Lecture
“Scalawags and Big Government: How Racial History Warps Politics.”
5:00PM
Lee Chapel Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
National Archives Foundation Records of Achievement Award and Gala Rep. John Lewis (D.-GA), chair Presentation and Interview with Taylor Branch by former Attorney General Eric Holder
6:00PM
National Archives Building
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408
Ticketed Event/Black Tie
Additional event information
Friday, October 23, 2015
Dialogue on College Sports and the NCAA with William E. “Brit†Kirwan (Chancellor Emeritus, University System of Maryland; former President, Ohio State U.)
Bench-Bar Conference of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
1:00PM
Ceremonial Courtroom 1A
Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Courthouse
101 W. Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
“The Fight for Civil Rightsâ€
Public Discussion with former Vice President Walter Mondale
11:30AM-12:30PM
Trachtenburg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
George Washington University
805 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Friday, October 9, 2015
“Myth and Miracles From the King Yearsâ€
The Bob and Dorrie Moon Lecture Series
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
7:00PM
2391 St Marks Way
Sacramento, CA 95864
(916) 483-7848
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Johns Hopkins University Odyssey Program One Night Course/Lecture
“1965: The Pivotal Yearâ€
6:30-8:30PM
Hodson Hall, Room 110
Homewood Campus
Baltimore, MD
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Memorial for Julian Bond
Presenter
2:00 PM non-broadcast service
The Lincoln Theatre
Washington, D.C.
Julian Bond Web Memorial Hosted by the Southern Poverty Law Center: www.splcenter.org
Monday, October 5, 2015
Remarks by Taylor Branch to new U.S. citizens
White House naturalization ceremony to commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Indian Treaty Room
Washington, D.C.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Keynote Address to the National Employment Lawyers Association
9:00AM at Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel
210 Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
(Open to members)
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Keynote Address to receive the BIO award from Biographers International
12:30pm at the National Press Club, 13th Floor
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
(Open to members)
Taylor Branch Wins 2015 Bio Award
Additional event information
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Address to Presidential Leadership Scholars
LBJ Library
2313 Red River Street
Austin, TX 78705
(Closed event)
LBJ Presidential Library events page
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Awards Dinner
6:00PM at the Washington Hilton Hotel
1919 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC
On behalf of the Leadership Conference for Civil Rights,
I will present the Humphrey Award to former Attorney General Eric Holder
Saturday, May 2, 2015
“Vietnam: The Power of Protest”
Washington Commemoration 40 Years Later
Program Begins 9AM at NY Avenue Presbyterian Church
1313 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005
I will moderate a 1:30pm breakout session: “Activism in Social Change”
Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
Frank Deford Lecture in Sports Journalism
Belo Center for New Media
Moody College of Communication
University of Texas
300 W Dean Keeton St, Austin, TX 78712
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
Presidential Lecture
Straub Lecture Hall, Room 156
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Saturday, February 21, 2015, 5:00 p.m.
Tribute to the Life and Work of Dr. Clement Price
Billy Johnson Auditorium
The Newark Museum
49 Washington Street
Newark, N.J. 07102
Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 4:30 p.m.
“From Selma to Ferguson: The Black Freedom Struggle and the
Redemption of U.S. Democracyâ€
MLK Black History Month Lecture
Slavin Center ’64 Hall
Providence College
Providence, Rhode Island
Thursday, April 10, 2014
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Symposium: “Ethical Issues in Sports”
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
LBJ Library
Austin, Texas
The Civil Rights Summit: We Shall Overcome, 1964-2014
more information: LBJ Library Announcement Civil Rights Summit website
Sunday, February 23, 2014
5:00 pm
First Baptist Church
99 N. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC
Looking Ahead With Dr. King
A Presentation Jointly to the two First Baptist Churches of Raleigh NC One historically African American and the other historically white Both churches standing near North Carolina’s capitol
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Myth and Miracles from the King Years
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
Monday, January 20, 2014
Civil Rights Then and Now: Reflections on the King Years
7 pm
Open to the public
Kiehle Auditorium
University of Minnesota Crookston
University of Minnesota Crookston Official Blog Article of Event >
Crookston Times Article of Event>
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
A Talk on Martin Luther King, Jr.
8 pm
Pioneer Institute for Public Policy
Omni Parker House
Boston, Massachusetts
Monday, January 13, 2014
Baltimore Masters Series
7 pm
Ivy Bookshop
6080 Falls Road
Baltimore, MD 21209
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
2013 Human Rights Summit
Sunday, November 24, 2013
National Council for the Social Studies
Saturday, November 23, 2013
National Council for the Social Studies
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Center for the Study of Transformative Lives at New York University
Autumn Lecture, “The Beloved Community: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement”
20 Cooper Square, seventh floor, NYC
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
American Negro Playwright Theatre, Nashville, TN
A Talk on Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Maryland Council for Social Studies
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL
Ethics in Athletics.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Event at the U.S. State Department
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
“Myth & Miracles from the King Yearsâ€
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Teaching Workshop with Teacher on using “The King Years”
Teach for America
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Homewood Campus
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Elon University, Elon, NC
“Myth & Miracles from the King Yearsâ€
Saturday, September 21, 2013
National Book Festival
History & Biography Pavilion
Thursday, August 29, 2013
DemocracyNow.org
Historian Taylor Branch on the March on Washington and the Kennedy’s Aversion to Dr. King’s Struggle
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
PBS-TV
PBS Newshour with Gwen Ifill
MSNBC-TV
Hardball with Chris Matthews
Time: During 7PM news hour, Live
NPR
“Tell Me More” with Michelle Martin
Interview about civil rights curriculum and Branch’s online courses.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
MSNBC-TV
“Daily Rundown”
Panel with Dr. Lonnie Bunch, Founding Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Cover story on the 50th anniversary of The March on DC
TheState.com
Mention in a story on The March
Politico.com
Mention in “Playbook” column
Politico.com
Mention in a story on Obama, race and class
Monday, August 26, 2013
Radio National (Australia ABC)
Late Night Live with Phillip Adams
Washington Foreign Press Center
Event with U.S. Department of State
PBS-TV
Tavis Smiley Show
Quoted in article about the March
Sunday, August 25, 2013
CBS-TV
Face the Nation
Time: 11:00-11:30 AM ET Live
NBC.com
MTP Press Pass
Interview with David Gregory
Saturday, August 24, 2013
MSNBC-TV
Melissa Harris-Perry Show
Time: 11:00-Noon AM ET Live
Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera English
Live on the DC Mall
Time: TBD
Friday, August 23, 2013
WTOP-FM
PM Drive
MSNBC-TV
Politics with Al Sharpton
Thursday, August 22, 2013
National Radio
Tom Joyner Morning Show
WNYC-FM - NPR
Brian Lehrer Show
CBC-TV (Canadian Broadcasting Corp)
@ National Press Building
WRC-TV
MTP Press Pass
Sunday, August 18, 2013
USA Weekend, USAToday.com and Gannett Wires
Article on the 50th Anniversary of The March on Washington
Monday, August 12, 2013
WashingtonInformer.org
Roundup of PBS March on Washington coverage
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Smithsonian - National Museum of African American History and Culture
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20560
Warner Bros Theatre
A conversation with Rex Ellis
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, MY 10024
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tickets cost $15 for general admission, $7 for students and are available on January 4, 2013.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
“The State of Things” WUNC-FM/NPR, Raleigh Durham)
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Sunday, January 27, 2013
TV One’s “Washington Watch with Roland Martin”
Friday, January 25, 2013
The Mike Cuthbert Show - AARP Radio
Friday, January 25, 2013
Aspen Institute
Moderated discussion by James Fallows
Thursday, January 24, 2013
WYPR-Maryland Morning
Thursday, January 24, 2013
WAMU-FM-Kojo Nnamdi Show
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
“Get Connected with Conn Jackson”, WAEC-AM
Monday, January 21, 2013
Mark Steiner Show
Download podcast >
Sunday, January 20, 2013
CBS Face the Nation, 11 AM EST
A look at the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Joe Califano, Lehigh University’s Dr. James Peterson, and Taylor Branch, author of “The King Years”
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The Diane Rehm Show; NPR Radio
Read transcript or download podcast >
Monday, January 14, 2013
“Culture Shocks with Barry Lynn”; NBC Radio
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
“Armstrong & Getty Show”; KKSF-AM
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Midtown II Auditorium Community Room
AT&T’s annual “In the Circle of Legends†MLK Celebration
725 W Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA
Monday, January 7, 2013
Tom Joyner Show
Taylor Branch interview with Roland Martin, Tom Joyner, Sybil Wilkes and J. Anthony Brown
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Chantilly Ballroom West, Hilton Anatole Hotel, 2201 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX
Annual Convention for the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, “Featured Session: The State of Intercollegiate Athletics in Today’s Ever-Changing Environment.”
With Wade Manual, Athletics Director at the University of Connecticut; Marilyn McNeil, Athletics Director at Monmouth University; and Tim Selgo, Athletics Director at Grand Valley State University; Moderated by Steve Weinberg of USA Today.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Paepcke Auditorium, Aspen, Colorado
Aspen Ideas Festival, Panel Discussion “College Sports at a Crossroads: Entertainment or Education?”Â
With New York Times columnist Joe Nocera; NCAA Vice President Wallace Renfro; and Oregon State head basketball coach Craig Robinson, moderated by ESPN correspondent Tom Farrey, director of the Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society program
Friday, June 29, 2012
Room TBA at the Hotel Jerome, Aspen Colorado
Aspen Ideas Festival, one-on-one discussion with actress Anna Deavere Smith, “College Sports: A Canary in the Mine? Will the Higher Education Bubble Burst Like Others?”
Monday, July 2, 2012
St. Augustine, FLÂ
Speaker
Freedom Trail Luncheon
Honoring the St. Augustine Movement
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
1150 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
In “The Future of College Sports,” the American Enterprise Institute sponsors a public debate between author Taylor Branch and Louisiana State University President Dr. John Lombardi.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Lecture
“Violence and Nonviolence in History and Everyday Life”
Friday, November 4, 2011
Lecture
“Forty Years After MLK: Looking Ahead With Obamaâ€
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH Â 44114
Reservations are required. More info >
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Presenter with Bob Moses and Drew S. Days, III
“Breaking the Caste System”
Ceremony Honoring John Doar
Former Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division
Sidwell Friends School
3825Â Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Presenter
Search for Common Ground Awards Ceremony
Carnegie Institution for Science
1530 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Monday, October 24
Eulogy and Tribute
Funeral of Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Faith Chapel
100 Lexington Street
Birmingham, AL 35224
