Our American Epic: Taylor Branch on Telling the Story of the Civil Rights Movement

November 18, 2013
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EST
Location: Healy Hall Riggs Library Map

As part of Georgetown's Faith and Culture Lecture Series, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch discussed his acclaimed trilogy of books on the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as his most recent work The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement (2013). Branch's latest book, drawn from the trilogy, highlights 18 crucial moments from the Civil Rights Movement. Paul Elie, Berkley Center senior fellow and author of The Life You Save May Be Your Own (2003), led the conversation. 

This event was sponsored by the Georgetown University Office of the President.

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