The Life of Martin Luther King

In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and civil rights icon who shook the world, the bestselling biographer Jonathan Eig gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being. Eig casts fresh light on the King family’s origins as well as MLK’s complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists, revealing 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 at any cost.

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 became the United States' only modern-day founding father - as well as its most mourned martyr - and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today.

Author: Jonathan Eig

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Released Date: 2024

ISBN: 9781471181030