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Jonathan Eig\u2019s \u2018King: A Life\u2019 is the first major biography in decades to be written on the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.\u2014it is also the first biography to include recently declassified FBI files on King and the Civil Rights Movement. As the book\u2019s description notes, Eig\u2019s explosive new biography \u201ccasts fresh light on the King family\u2019s origins as well as MLK\u2019s complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. \u2018King\u2019 reveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death.\u201d TRNN contributor Anders Lee speaks with Eig about the process of researching and writing a new biography of one of the nation\u2019s most celebrated figures and mourned martyrs.

Pre-Production: Anders Lee
Post-Production: Jules Taylor

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