Taylor Branch Quotes (9 Quotes)

I am glad that more of this is coming out. They really show ordinary people making extraordinary history. But I wish it had come out sooner.

There's a tremendous tide of freedom that came out of the civil rights movement,

The lessons that come from discovery of the Movement's story should point us forward.

Truth requires a maximum effort to see through the eyes of strangers, foreigners, and enemies.

This (tape issue) is a tiny fraction of a very complicated, difficult personal subject. I am saying there is a grain of truth in what the FBI said.

I don't really mind this although sometimes I get afraid of Willy. I get afraid of his temper. You never know what he's going to do.

John is trying to talk the family into giving up control.

This era liberated everyone, if you look at the long span of history, beginning with white southerners. Until black people struggled for equal rights, white women couldn't serve on juries. Almost 30 states restricted service. That's so foreign to us today.

But the more information that comes out, the more explicable and human historical events become. The details make the story real.