This recent Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. is an incredibly engaging book. I assumed I had a good understanding of this iconic figure’s life, but each chapter revealed more to me about King’s life, work, family, and place in the Civil Rights movement. 

“Definitive . . . Monumental . . . An extraordinary achievement and an essential life of the iconic warrior for social justice.” ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“[A] sweeping biography. Eig gives a rousing recap of King’s triumphs as a civil rights leader . . . [A] complex, nuanced portrait . . . Eig’s evocative prose ably conveys his bravery, charisma, and spell-binding oratory . . . An enthralling reappraisal that confirms King’s relevance to today’s debates over racial justice.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The most comprehensive MLK biography to date . . . Eig refuses to ‘defang’ King, instead pushing Americans to recognize the radical nature of his demands for justice and his resistance to not only racism but militarism and capitalism.” ―Booklist (starred review)

“Mining a trove of materials―many only recently available―augmented with voluminous archival work and hundreds of interviews for personal insights . . . [Eig] recovers the man, foibles and all, from the too often hollowed-out, sainted symbol that competing ideologies have sanitized for national observance . . . Engrossing . . . A must for readers interested in moving beyond clichéd catchphrases to see a more complete and complex King.” ―Library Journal (starred review)

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