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King: A Life

Jonathan Eig, 2023

Long read, about 688 pagesPulitzer Prize, 2024.

Martin Luther King Jr. as a full human being, drawing on new sources.

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  1. What did seeing King as a full human being add to what you already knew?
  2. Which pressures on him did you not know about before reading?
  3. What part of his life do you think is most often left out when he is remembered?

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