XVI.  In the second of two episodes from the National Archives, "Patriotic Philanthropist" David Rubenstein interviews three master storytellers who are featured in his book “The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians.”  They are:

* Taylor Branch, creator of the trilogy chronicling the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., including “Parting the Waters,” winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

*  H.W. Brands, history professor at the University of Texas and author of biographies of Andrew Jackson and Ronald Reagan and, in 2019, of “Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West."

* Jay Winik, author of books including “April 1865: The Month That Saved America,” and “1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History.”