Taylor Branch

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• The President Calling: White House Tapes

  Three of America's most compelling presidents - John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richrad M. Nixon bugged their White House offices and tapped their telephones. They left behind thousands of secretly recorded conversations, from momentous to mundane. In this documentary project, American RadioWorks eavesdrops on presidential telephone calls to hear how each man used one-on-one politics to shape history.

  Nov. 4, 200351 minSave
• Taylor Branch

  A Twin Cities speech by Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Martin Luther King. He spoke Thursday at the Dorsey & Whitney Law firm in Minneapolis. Mr. Branch is completing the 3rd volume in his America in the King Years trilogy. The first book is Parting the Waters, which won the Pulitzer Prize, and the 2nd book is Pillar of Fire.

  Jan. 21, 200257 minSave
• Walter Mondale speech "Democracy's Challenge: Balancing Personal Liberty and National Security"

  Walter Mondale gives a speech titled "Democracy's Challenge: Balancing Personal Liberty and National Security." This is followed with speeches by James Kallstrom, Taylor Branch, Andrew Young and David Aaron.

  Jun. 7, 2000109 minSave
• 50 Years: The Mondale Lectures on Public Service - Atlantic City Revisited, Mississippi Freedom Democrats and the Integration of the Democratic Party, part 2

  Continuation of a special extended edition of Midday, presenting excerpts from the inaugural program 50 Years: The Mondale Lectures on Public Service. Topic was on "Atlantic City Revisited: Mississippi Freedom Democrats and the Integration of the Democratic Party." Part 2 highlights a panel discussion with Lawrence Guyot, the Reverend Ed King, William Winter, and Taylor Branch, who share their thoughts and recollections of the 1964 Atlantic City Democratic National Convention.

  Feb. 14, 200054 minSave
• 50 Years: The Mondale Lectures on Public Service - Atlantic City Revisited, Mississippi Freedom Democrats and the Integration of the Democratic Party, part 1

  In this special extended edition of Midday, Walter Mondale, former vice-president, speaks at the inaugural program of 50 Years: The Mondale Lectures on Public Service. Mondale’s address was titled, "Atlantic City Revisited: Mississippi Freedom Democrats and the Integration of the Democratic Party,."

  Feb. 14, 200055 minSave
• About Books and Writers: Taylor Branch

  Host Robert Cromie talks with Taylor Branch, author of Labyrinth, a book on the assassination of Orlando Letelier. =

  Jun. 22, 1982Save