MLK Biographer, Pulitzer Prize Winner Delivers Message of Hope, Resilience in Face of Current Challenges While Speaking on Dr. King at Tompkins County Public Library
In front of a capacity crowd at Tompkins County Public Library, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jonathan Eig pointed to lessons from the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as evidence that everyday citizens can make a difference.
Speaking on his biography of Dr. King that won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in the category, Eig told the crowd of key moments in King’s life from the day the then 26-year-old minister had a panic attack when he was about to speak about the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, to Dr. King’s final moments in Memphis in April 1968.