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Pulitzer goes to Martin Luther King Jr. biographer
The Columbian· 4 days agoChicago historian Jonathan Eig won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography for “King: A Life,” his 2023 biography of Martin</ ...
The Radically Different Lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis
The New York Sun· 5 days agoJohn Lewis first shows up in Jonathan Eig’s trenchant biography as the kind of courageous and...
Roundup of 2024 Pulitzer Prizes for literature
Republican-American· 1 day agoA revelatory portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. that draws on new sources to enrich our understanding of each stage of the civil rights ...
The Rev. William Lawson, Texas civil rights leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr, dies at 95
ClickOnDetroit· 3 hours agoThe Rev. William “Bill” Lawson, a longtime pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate...
Biographer offers an unvarnished look at pre-eminent civil rights icon
Republican-American· 1 day agoAs he watched Black citizens declare war on segregation during the bus boycott in Montgomery,...
Every so often, a book comes along that changes everything; enter Jonathan Eig and 'King'
Republican-American· 1 day agoJonathan Eig’s “King: A Life” was released in May and within weeks, columnists and reporters were...
MLK biographer Jonathan Eig, Spring Valley HS grad, wins Pulitzer for 'human portrait'
Gannett via AOL· 6 days ago"King: A Life," Eig's ground-breaking examination of Martin Luther King Jr., this week was named the...