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Martin Luther King Jr. 'Knew That His Own Government Was Out to Destroy Him.' Here's What Helped Him Persevere
Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King ... Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his ...
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Pulitzer-Winning Author Jonathan Eig to Discuss MLK Biography at Ithaca Library
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jonathan Eig will visit the Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL) on Monday, Feb. 10, to ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author to speak on life of MLK Jr. in Tompkins County in February
"King: A Life," Eig's biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. MLK Day in Ithaca:Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Greater Ithaca ...
Martin Luther King Jr. 'Knew That His Own Government Was Out to Destroy Him.' Here's What Helped Him Persevere
Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast, Jonathan Eig, author of the ...
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MLK Bio Blitz Day of Service Event with The Parks Foundation
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Monday, January 20th, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day, the Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation is hosting a BioBlitz and day of service event at the Rosewood Nature Study Area.
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5 Great Martin Luther King Jr. Documentaries That Explore Different Aspects Of His Life And Work
Martin Luther King Jr.’s courage ... for celebrity monologues honoring the American activist. The American bio-doc lets the events speak for themselves through archival footage, speeches ...
MOSAIC Children’s Museum to showcase poem by 13-year-old for Black History Month
Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem “The Way It Should Be” at the Mosaic Children’s Museum in Woodland, California, celebrating the accomplishments of ...
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Is the NBA turning MLK Day into a cash grab?
The NBA, for the 39 th year, will play games on MLK Day; on the same day ... author of the 2023 New York Times bestselling biography “King: A Life.” It makes it ironic that King is ...
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The content of King’s character? It was ferocious.
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 ...
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White Plains collector has MLK 'Dream' speech draft. Why the dream isn't in it
Pulitzer winner Jonathan Eig: MLK ‘knew how to read a room’ Jonathan Eig, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his 2023 biography, “King: A Life,” said the pivot was classic King. King had begun ...
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‘King: A Life’ MLK Day event kicks off Calvin University’s January lecture series
GRAND 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 ...