Lectures
Sample Lectures:
Audio Lecture
“At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968” – Taylor Branch
Cambridge Forum Radio – March 6, 2006
Running time: 29min.
RealAudio (3.44mb) | MP3 (26.4mb)
Audio Lecture
“Myths & Miracles from the King Era” – Taylor Branch
Chautauqua Institution – August 23, 2006
Running time: 1hr. 11min.
RealAudio (8.46mb) | MP3 (65.1mb)
Video Lecture
“Myths and Miracles from the King Era” – Taylor Branch
Auburn University Montgomery – April 2, 2006
Running time: 9min.
QuickTime (22.2mb)
Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player and RealAudio/RealVideo Player are required to view these files and can be downloaded from the links above.
Representative sample of lecture topics:
“Outsiders and Insiders: Race as a Lens of History”
–Georgia-Pacific Center, January 1990
“King and Malcolm X: The Misuse of Legend”
–New Orleans Book Fair, May 1992
“Prophetic Roots of Democracy”
–University of Chicago, April 1995
“Race Relations, Cynicism, and Freedom: The Long View”
–The Aspen Institute, July 2000
“Freedom on Two Feet: Equal Souls, Equal Votes”
–St. John's College, February 2001
“Patriots of Civil Rights”
–Washington Collage, February 2002
“Watershed 1963: How Birmingham Still Changes America”
–Saginaw Valley State University, October 2003
“Democracy in Black and White”
–Central Arkansas Library, November 2003
“Promise and Myth: Brown Plus Fifty Years”
–American University, December 2003
“Race, Violence, and Democracy: What Rules America?”
–Ithaca College, January 2004
“A Writer's Life: How We Learn From History”
–American Library Association, June 2004
“Martin Luther King: A Modern Founder”
–Oakwood College, March 2005
“Nonviolent Leadership: The Essence of Democracy”
–University of Richmond, November 2005
If you would like to inquire about a lecture, please contact Arlynn Greenbaum at Authors Unlimited via email at: arlynnj@cs.com