About this Event
Finish registering to buy your copies of Jonathan Eig's book and attend our signing on Wednesday, March 5 to have them personalized by the author himself. You won't want to miss another event that is presented by The Boxser Diversity Initiative the following evening, Thursday, March 6 from 6-7:30 p.m. with Jonathan Eig at the Historic Asolo Theater! Just click here to reserve a space: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/boxserdiversityinitiative/event/kingwilliams/
ABOUT KING: A LIFE
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's KING: A LIFE is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. - and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King family's origins as well as MLK's complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. KING reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father - as well as the nation's most mourned martyr.
In this landmark biography, Eig gives us an MLK for our times: a deep thinker, a brilliant strategist, and a committed radical who led one of history's greatest movements, and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime.
ABOUT JONATHAN EIG
Jonathan Eig is a former senior writer for The Wall Street Journal. He is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including ALI: A LIFE; LUCKIEST MAN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF LOU GEHRIG; and OPENING DAY: THE STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON'S FIRST SEASON. Ken Burns calls him "a master storyteller," and Eig's books have been listed among the best of the year by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Sports Illustrated, and Slate. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children.
ABOUT ANOTHER EVENT PRESENTED BY BOXSER DIVERSITY INITIATIVE
The event is free and open to the public. Space is limited; reservations are required at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/boxserdiversityinitiative/event/eig/.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bookstore1Sarasota, 117 S. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota, United States
USD 24.61
