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Jonathan Eig - King: A Life

  • Mon, Jan 20, 2025
  • 12:30 pm–1:30 pm
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 Jonathan, a white man who is bald, wears glasses and a navy suit coat with light blue button up shirt.
Jonathan Eig will discuss his most recent title, “King: A Life,” which earned him the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. He’ll explore Martin Luther King Jr. as a deep thinker, brilliant strategist, and committed leader of one of history’s greatest movements. Jonathan will also explain why King’s demands for justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime.

At age 16, Jonathan Eig began his writing career working for his hometown newspaper, The Rockland County (NY) Journal News, He went on to study journalism at Northwestern University before becoming a reporter for notable news outlets, including The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Dallas Morning News, Chicago Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal 

Follow Jonathan on Facebook, Instagram, and X, or learn more about him at www.jonathaneig.com 

With appreciation for today's underwriter:

Larry & Mary Gerbens, Liza & Khan Nedd, The Howard Miller Company