# Taylor Branch

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Podcast: [Vital Voices](https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622)
Published: 2026-01-27T16:38:31+00:00
Episode link: https://www.wets.org/podcast/vital-voices/2026-01-27/taylor-branch
Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s374/audio/2026/01/vitalvoicespodcastepisode122.mp3
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## Resource

Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian and biographer Taylor Branch is featured in a discussion with East Tennessee State University history professor Dr. Daryl Carter, recorded at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast in Johnson City, Tennessee. Branch is one of the most prolific chroniclers of the American civil rights movement and the leadership of Dr. King.

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