The New-York Historical Society honor goes to Jonathan Eig, whose “King: A Life” presents the civil rights leader as a brilliant, flawed 20th-century “founding father.” By Jennifer Schuessler Jonathan ...

It's a biting piece of criticism aimed at Malcolm X that for decades was attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. But a new biography of King suggests history books about these two men may need to be ...

New archival material and a narrowing window in which to speak to people who knew Martin Luther King, Jr. fueled the work, said the author. By Benjamin P. Russell Having written about Muhammad Ali, Al ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to biographer Jonathan Eig about King a Life. "One of the interesting things about King is that he's a protest leader... Jonathan Eig's new biography examines the life of ...

Chicago historian Jonathan Eig won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography for “King: A Life,” his 2023 biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., a bestseller widely recognized for its monumental scope and ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcasted on Jan. 12, 2024. Find that audio here. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. knew as a college student that he was going to "kill Jim Crow." We learn about King in ...