The Real Dr. King with Jonathan Eig

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Today on Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon talks with Jonathan Eig, the author of the new Martin Luther King Jr. biography, King: A Life. Eig spent six full years researching and writing about King’s life. He shares countless moments and pieces of King’s story that get left out of the general image we have of the I Have a Dream preacher. He also argues that, through honoring the Civil Rights activist with a holiday and through flashy quotes and merch like mugs and tees, we lose sight of the real King and his radicalism.

Special thanks to our guest, Jonathan Eig, for joining us today. Find King: A Life here.

Hosted by: Sharon McMahon

Guest: Jonathan Eig

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome!
0:06.5	So glad you're joining me today because I have just a phenomenal conversation to share
0:12.3	with you.
0:13.3	I'm chatting today with author Jonathan Eyeg who has written an incredible biography of Martin
0:19.2	Luther King, called King a Life.
0:22.3	It's one of the first biographies of King out in many decades.
0:26.6	He took him more than six years to research and write this book and I learned so much
0:33.4	about one of America's heroes.
0:35.7	I think you are going to take a lot away from this conversation.
0:39.3	So let's dive in.
0:42.3	I'm Sharon McBam and here's where it gets interesting.
0:48.6	I am very excited to be joined by Jonathan Eyeg today.
0:52.4	Thank you for being here.
0:53.4	Thank you.
0:54.4	It's good to talk to you.
0:55.4	You're new book.
0:56.5	I'm glad to be here.
0:57.4	I'm very excited to be joining a life is one of the most sort of hotly anticipated nonfiction
1:01.7	releases of 2023.
1:03.5	Did you know that, John?
1:05.0	I've noticed that it's been getting a lot of buzz.
1:07.1	I'm very excited.
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