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Taylor Branch

テイラー・ブランチ

Teiraa Buranchi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1947-01-14 （Atlanta, Georgia, United States）
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Atlanta, Georgia, United States → Baltimore, Maryland, United States

経歴

職業
Author, Historian
活動期間
1970年〜
影響を受けた人物
Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin, Leaders of the civil rights movement
影響を与えた人物
Contemporary historians of the civil rights movement

学歴

The Westminster Schools
学位: High school diploma
期間: 〜1964
卒業年: 1964
国: United States
Secondary education, graduated 1964
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Liberal Arts
学位: BA
期間: 1964–1968
卒業年: 1968
国: United States
Received Morehead Scholarship
Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs)
Public and International Affairs
学位: MPA
期間: 1968–1970
卒業年: 1970
国: United States
Earned an M.P.A.

受賞歴

MacArthur Fellowship
1991
主催: MacArthur Foundation
結果: 受賞
National Humanities Medal
1999
主催: United States (awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/President)
結果: 受賞
Pulitzer Prize for History
1989
対象作品: Parting the Waters
部門: History
主催: Pulitzer Prize Board
結果: 受賞
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Lifetime Achievement)
2008
主催: Dayton Literary Peace Prize
結果: 受賞（生涯業績）
BIO Award (Biographers International Organization)
2015
主催: Biographers International Organization
結果: 受賞
Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize (Nonfiction)
2006
対象作品: At Canaan's Edge
部門: Nonfiction
主催: Chicago Tribune
結果: 受賞
American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award
1999
対象作品: Pillar of Fire
主催: American Bar Association
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954–1963

1988年 Nonfiction (History)

A detailed historical narrative based on primary sources and interviews chronicling Martin Luther King Jr. and the early years of the civil rights movement. Volume 1 of a trilogy.

Civil rights movementLeadership biographyNonviolent protest

Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963–1965

1998年 Nonfiction (History)

The second volume of the trilogy, covering major events and political shifts in the civil rights movement from 1963 to 1965.

Legislation and political changeExpansion of the movement

At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965–1968

2006年 Nonfiction (History)

Final volume of the trilogy, covering the later years of King and the concluding phase of the movement (1965–1968).

Leader conflictsDecline and legacy of the movement

The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement

2013年 Nonfiction (History, abridgment)

An abridged edition summarizing key moments from the trilogy, used often in educational contexts.

Historical summaryEducational use

The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President

2009年 Nonfiction (oral history, interviews)

Based on recorded interviews with President Bill Clinton, the book organizes events and perspectives from his administration.

Presidential historyOral history

The Cartel: Inside the Rise and Imminent Fall of the NCAA

2011年 Nonfiction (sports history/investigative)

Investigates the NCAA's structure and issues, critiquing commercialization and ethics in college sports. Co-produced the documentary 'Schooled: The Price of College Sports' (2013).

Commercialization of sportsEducation and ethics
映像化・舞台化
  • [Documentary film] Schooled: The Price of College Sports (2013)

The Empire Blues

1981年 Fiction

A work of fiction; one of Branch's few novels.

PowerSocial critique

全著作

  • Blowing the Whistle: Dissent in the Public Interest (with Charles Peters)
  • Second Wind (with Bill Russell)
  • Labyrinth (with Eugene M. Propper)
  • The Empire Blues
  • Parting the Waters
  • Pillar of Fire
  • At Canaan's Edge
  • The Clinton Tapes
  • The Cartel
  • The King Years (abridgment)

翻案

  • Schooled: The Price of College Sports (documentary, 2013)

作風・主題

文体
Narrative nonfiction grounded in extensive primary sources and interviewsBiographical, character-centered approach
頻出モチーフ
The civil rights movement and leadership portraitsConflicts of power and ethics

評価・遺産

Taylor Branch is highly regarded for his three-volume chronicle of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, which has significantly influenced contemporary scholarship and public memory of the era. He has received numerous awards and is seen as a leading practitioner of narrative history.

関連学会

  • American Historical Association
  • Biographers International Organization (BIO)

資料所蔵先

  • Taylor Branch Papers (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

大衆文化への影響

  • The trilogy is frequently cited in documentaries and educational programs

豆知識

  • He shared an apartment in Austin in the 1970s with Bill Clinton and has maintained a long friendship with him.
  • Authored 'The Clinton Tapes' based on recorded interviews with Bill Clinton.