September 27, 2017

Researching and Writing Biographies

Taylor Branch talked about the challenges of researching and writing biographies. His trilogy on the civil rights era chronicled Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and work during that period.

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Kai Bird Executive Director City University of New York->Leon Levy Center for Biography
Taylor Branch Historian

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City University of New York Graduate Center

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American History TV

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Program ID:: 434361-2
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Speech
Location:: New York, New York, United States
First Aired:: Nov 18, 2017 | 5:00pm EST | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: Nov 26, 2017 | 8:55am EST | C-SPAN 3

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Nov 18, 2017 | 5:00pm EST | C-SPAN 3
Nov 19, 2017 | 3:00am EST | C-SPAN 3
Nov 24, 2017 | 4:25pm EST | C-SPAN 3
Nov 26, 2017 | 8:55am EST | C-SPAN 3

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