The biographer, Jonathan Eig, found a recording of a voice with a similar cadence, one that King grew up hearing. It's an oral history of his father, Martin Luther King Sr.

About Jonathan Eig. As for Eig himself, he interviewed Mayor Harold Washington as a college student at Medill at Northwestern – from which graduated in 1986.

Jonathan Eig (Medill ’86) commemorated Martin Luther King Jr.’s life — flaws and all — at his keynote speech Tuesday in Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall. An award-winning biographer, Eig spoke ...

When Jonathan Eig (Medill ’86) was a student at Northwestern, he was thrilled at the chance to become a newspaper reporter after graduating. He never expected to one day win a Pulitzer Prize.

Biographer Jonathan Eig, the author of King and other books, at his Chicago home, Dec. 12, 2023. Eig, who spent much of the year crisscrossing the country, discussing King at colleges and churches ...

Chicago author Jonathan Eig has written about the invention of the birth control pill (“The Birth of the Pill”), Jackie Robinson’s first season with the Dodgers (“Opening Da… ...

Eig had just won one of the most prestigious awards in all of journalism --honored with the award for his biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., titled "King: A Life." ...

Jonathan Eig, who just won the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing for Ali: A Life, is already researching his next big project: a biography about Martin Luther King Jr.

Jonathan Eig’s “Ali: A Life” is the first major biography to include the fighter’s final years, Parkinson’s and all. By Joyce Carol Oates In His Little Corner, Larry Holmes Is the Greatest ...

“Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster” By Jonathan EigSimon and Schuster, 480 pages, $28 Reviewed by Noah Isackson, Special to the Tribune Finding a new ...

In this May 25, 1965, file photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is held back by referee Joe Walcott, left, after Ali knocked out challenger Sonny Liston in the first round of their title fight ...