“Jonathan is a master storyteller”…Ken Burns
Book this inspiring MLK Speaker for your organization!
Jonathan Eig brought Martin Luther King, Jr. to life with his Pulitzer Prize winning biography of “King, A Life.” He is now doing the same for audiences across the country.
Jonathan is one of the country’s most prominent and celebrated speakers on MLK’s life and legacy. He is an outstanding speaker (as you can see from the testimonials below). Jonathan is happy to speak to businesses, community organizations, law firms, colleges, libraries and more. He can adapt his compelling presentation as needed for your audience.
For information on an MLK presentation from Jonathan, including an interactive Q&A and book signing, just submit the form below.
Your organization will learn about King’s early years as well as his civil rights journey, as Jonathan shares little known stories and anecdotes uncovered from six years of painstaking research and hundreds of interviews with those who knew MLK best.
Those who hear Jonathan speak also gain a new understanding of the civil rights movement through the life of its leader. Jonathan paints a vivid personal portrait of a man whose very human qualities and frailties have been supplanted over time by statues, annual tributes and a national holiday.
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King, A Life is the first major biography in 30 years of the civil rights icon. Eig reveals a deep thinker, brilliant strategist, and committed radical whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime.
WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY
Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History, presented by the New York Historical Society
A finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award | Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Time
A New York Times bestseller and notable book of 2023 | One of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2023
A Washington Post and national indie bestseller | One of Publishers Weekly’s best nonfiction books of 2023 | One of Smithsonian magazine’s ten best books of 2023
“Supple, penetrating, heartstring-pulling and compulsively readable . . . Eig’s book is worthy of its subject.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)
“[King is] infused with the narrative energy of a thriller . . . The most compelling account of King’s life in a generation.” —Mark Whitaker, The Washington Post
TESTIMONIALS
Jonathan Eig has spoken at The National Cathedral, the National Museum of African American History, Morehouse College, Stanford University, and dozens of other prominent venues. Here are some of the testimonials from his appearances: