The Reed Taylor Award
For Excellence in Human Rights EducationDr. Reed Taylor Educator, Mentor, and Beloved Friend
A groundbreaking leader in Holocaust and human rights education, Reed was a leader, mentor, and friend to so many, inspiring all who knew him to live a life for others.
In addition to his distinguished career teaching English at Amherst High school, other highlights of his professional life include meeting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., babysitting his children, and offering support to his family after King's assassination; driving the injured on Bloody Sunday; serving in the Peace Corps; and, in 1983, serving as a founding member of The Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo, as well as teaching its first distance learning course.
He worked throughout his retirement, teaching refugee children in Buffalo, participating in the choir of his beloved Westminster Presbyterian Church, and leading classes on world events at his retirement home, Canterbury.
In recognition of his life's work, in 2018, the Academy established the Reed Taylor Award for Excellence in Human Rights Education, of which he was the inaugural recipient.
2025 Winner: Dr. Timothy Redmond
Please join us in celebrating Tim’s achievement through this video from his school district.
Dr. Timothy J. Redmond is an award-winning high school teacher and adjunct professor. He is a regular public speaker and the author of over one hundred articles on critical thinking and politics as well as the book Political Tribalism in America: How Hyper-Partisanship Dumbs Down Democracy. He is also the director of teacher training for the Academy for Human Rights. Redmond, a graduate of Canisius College, received his MA and PhD in political science from the University at Buffalo.
Previous Awardees
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