MLK biography reveals new details about civil rights leader

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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 Life" has important new revelations about the civil rights leader and what he dealt with as a public activist and a private citizen. Eig sat down with Geoff Bennett to discuss the new book and his research.

AIR DATE 5/16/23

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