EPISODE · May 3, 2025 · 30 MIN

Jonathan Eig on Martin Luther King, Jr.

from Beyond the Page: The Best of the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference · host Sun Valley Writers’ Conference

In this episode, recorded live at the 2024 conference, biographer Jonathan Eig talks about his book on Martin Luther King, Jr., the first major biography of the civil rights leader in decades. Eig resurrects King from myth and history and brings him to vivid life, with all of his emotional complexity and unwavering courage, drawing a fresh and indelible portrait of a man whom he justifiably calls one of America’s founding fathers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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