The Real MLK
David Garrow writes in The Spectator that King: A Life, by Jonathan Eig, will succeed Garrow's own Bearing the Cross as the standard...
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NEWS & REVIEWS
Apr 8, 2023
A Work in Progress: Why I Wrote MLK
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg asked me to explain why I decided to write a book about MLK. I said I was trying to learn from...
Apr 8, 2023
My Review of "The Kneeling Man"
I reviewed Leta McCollough Seletzky's fascinating book about her father's role as a police informant during the civil rights movement....
Feb 22, 2023
A Rave Booklist Review
Eig (Ali, 2017) has a dream that Americans will remember more about our most famous civil rights icon than one, partially improvised...
Feb 16, 2023
Kirkus calls King book "Monumental"
Here's the Kirkus review of King: Definitive life of the champion of civil rights. Having placed Muhammad Ali in the canon of civil...
Feb 15, 2023
Starred Review for King: A Life
"[A] sweeping biography. Eig gives a rousing recap of King’s triumphs as a civil rights leader . . . [A] complex, nuanced portrait . . ....
Feb 13, 2023
When Martin Met Coretta
He picked her up for their first date in his green Chevy. She wore a light-blue suit under a long black coat. It was a rainy day in...
Feb 2, 2023
BEST OF CHICAGO
Thank you, Mary Wisniewski and NEW CITY, for the kind write-up ... Just when you think Jonathan Eig can't possibly top his last...
Jan 15, 2023
On MLK Day, don’t shortchange the message
"With civil rights and its history in peril, the upcoming biography, 'King: A Life,' is a groundbreaking book by Chicagoan Jonathan Eig."...
Jan 4, 2023
2023 preview: Most anticipated nonfiction
"KING: A Life" was just included in BookPage's 2023 preview: Most anticipated nonfiction. "Among these 33 nonfiction books we can’t wait...
Apr 3, 2020
MLK and Malcolm X: A Book Review
Jonathan Eig reviews The Sword and the Shield, Peniel Joseph's book on King and Malcolm X for The Wall Street Journal. Fool. Chump....
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