Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...
Jonathan Eig, speaking Thursday at the National Writers Series, won a Pulitzer for 'King: A Life.' Now, comes a look at ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. 'Knew That His Own Government Was Out to Destroy Him.' Here's What Helped Him PersevereJonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t ...
The acclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. biographer will give a talk as part of the Boxser Diversity Initiative's Building ...
G RAND RAPIDS, MI - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jonathan Eig will discuss his most recent book, “King: A Life” at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Monday, Jan. 20, the first of a free ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author to speak on life of MLK Jr. in Tompkins County in FebruaryAlthough most 2025 Martin Luther King Day celebrations were planned ... The Tompkins County Public Library recently announced that Jonathan Eig, the acclaimed author of "King: A Life," will ...
Martin Luther King, Jr., was a hero, but he was not a saint or a symbol. So writes Jonathan Eig, one of the country’s most ...
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