Steve Schapiro tells the stories behind many of his iconic photographs in the new documentary, 'Steve Schapiro: Being ...

The first major biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in roughly forty years is out. Jonathan Eig's "King: A Life" has important new revelations about the civil rights leader and what he dealt with ...

It's a biting piece of criticism aimed at Malcolm X that for decades was attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. But a new biography of King suggests history books about these two men may need to be ...

The New-York Historical Society honor goes to Jonathan Eig, whose “King: A Life” presents the civil rights leader as a brilliant, flawed 20th-century “founding father.” By Jennifer Schuessler Jonathan ...

Jonathan Eig’s book “King: A Life” is the first comprehensive biography in decades of Martin Luther King Jr., drawing on reams of interviews and newly uncovered archival materials to paint a fuller ...

New MLK Jr. biography reveals civil rights leader was misquoted in criticism of Malcolm X The first major biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in roughly forty years is out. Jonathan Eig's "King: A ...

Stanford University celebrated the grand opening of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute on Monday ...

“It was hugely intimidating,” Eig says in a video interview from his home in Chicago. “Every biography is intimidating, because you’re taking someone’s life in your hands. But King was the most ...

Not long ago, a Tennessee state representative named Justin J. Pearson delivered a familiar-sounding speech at a meeting of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners. Pearson had recently taken part in ...