Past Writing
Books:
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 (Simon & Schuster), 2006
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65 (Simon & Schuster), 1998
Winner: American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award, 1999
Winner: Imus Book Award, 1999
Winner: Sidney Hillman Book Award, 1999
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63 (Simon & Schuster), 1988
Winner: Pulizter Prize for History, 1988
Winner: Book Critics Circle Award, 1988
Winner: Los Angeles Times Book Award, 1988
Winner: English-Speaking Union Book Award, 1989
Finalist: National Book Award, Non-Fiction, 1989
Labyrinth (With Eugene M. Propper( (Viking: 1982)
The Empire Blues (fiction) (Simon & Schuster: 1981)
Second Wind (With Bill Russell) (Random House: 1979)
Blind Ambition (ghostwriter for John Dean) (Simon & Schuster: 1979)
Blowing the Whistle: Dissent in the Public Interest (With Charles Peters) (Praeger: 1972)
Magazine Articles:
“The Lottery — A New England Horror Story”, New England Monthly, January 1990
“Closets of Power — The Double Lives of Homosexuals in Politics”, Harpers, October 1982
“New Frontiers in American Philosophy”, New York Times Magazine, August 14, 1977
“The Incident”, Esquire (co-written with John Rothchild), March 1977
“Black Fear — Law and Justice in Rural Georgia”, The Washington Monthly,1970
Mr. Branch has written for a wide variety of publications including The New York Times Magazine, Sport, The New Republic, and Texas Monthly.