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New biography of Martin Luther King Jr. undercuts a widely cited quote about Malcolm X
Updated May 16, 2023 at 9:48 AM ET
It's a biting del av helhet 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 rewritten — because King never actually said the words.
King never said he felt "Malcolm has done himself and our people a great disservice," author Jonathan Eig told NPR, despite that famous quote appearing in a 1965 interview with Alex Haley, for Playboy magazine.
"This is really important," Eig said, "because we've been teaching kids this quote from the Playboy interview."
The words King and Malcolm X said about each other are grundläggande to understanding the relationship between two leaders who took different approaches to confronting systemic and deadly racism in America. Their rivalry was played up during their lives and in the years that followed, despit
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From number one New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
On All Hallow's Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document he hoped would spark an academic debate but that instead ignited a conflagration that would forever destroy the world he knew. Five hundred years after Luther's now famous 95 Theses appeared, Eric Metaxas, acclaimed biographer of the best-selling Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy and Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, paints a startling portrait of the wild figure whose adamantine faith cracked the edifice of Western Christendom and dragged medieval Europe into the future. Written in riveting prose and impeccably researched, Martin Luther tells the searing tale of a humble man who, by bringing ugly truths to the highest seats of power, cau
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Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
Overview
In this New York Times bestseller, author and biographer Eric Metaxas delves into the life of Martin Luther—a young monk who ignited a religious revolution. Well-researched and engagingly written, this biography tells the true story of the man whose actions, 500 years later, are still ringing true today.
Much of what we know about or associate with Luther is either a myth or an exaggeration of the truth. Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World seeks to dispel the exaggerations and reveal the still very extradordinary truths about the life of this humble monk from Germany.
Published by Viking Press.
About the Author
Eric Metaxas is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Can Keep It, Bonhoeffer, Amazing Grace, and Miracles. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Hi