Jonathan Eig, who wrote the acclaimed biography, ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the civil rights leader in an interview with NPR Bettmann Archive Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights ...

Jonathan 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 Lizz Schumer is the Senior Editor, Books, at ...

Jonathan Eig is a journalist and biographer who recently won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography for his book covering Martin Luther King, Jr. called King: A Life. In this extended interview from ...

Learn about MLK's family life, his role in the Civil Rights Movement, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech before he was assassinated in 1968.

Who Was Martin Luther King Jr? Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s.

Jonathan Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length as King’s ...

When Jonathan Eig’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography “King: A Life” was published in 2024, it became the definitive account of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. But a new biography by King ...