Evren dual biography of martin

Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated every third Monday of January to honor the Civil Rights Movement leader’s life and legacy. This year, MLK Day falls on Jan.

20.

Celebrate MLK Day by reading about the icon’s advocacy for racial equality (and equity), working classes and other oppressed groups.

For Adults

There are several nonfiction accounts of MLK in our collection, including King: A Life by Jonathan Eig.

Released in 2023, Eig’s work won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. It was also a finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award and named one of the best (or most notable) books of the year by several publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and Chicago Tribune.

King spans decades of the MLK’s life as it paints a portrait of the preacher, activist, deep thinker, radical and strategist who led one of history’s greatest movements.

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