April 3, 2018

Taylor Branch on the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Historian Taylor Branch, author of a trilogy of books on the civil rights era, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Parting the Waters: America… read more

Historian Taylor Branch, author of a trilogy of books on the civil rights era, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63, spoke about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The event took place at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn and was part of a series of events hosted by the National Civil Rights Museum commemorating the 50th anniversary of MLK’s assassination on April 4, 1968. close

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Program ID:: 442985-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Speech
Location:: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
First Aired:: Apr 03, 2018 | 1:17pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: May 19, 2021 | 9:09am EDT | C-SPAN 3

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May 19, 2021 | 3:48am EDT | C-SPAN 3
May 19, 2021 | 9:09am EDT | C-SPAN 3

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