

# Event Details

- **Event Name**:  Illinois Libraries Present: Bringing History to Life with Jonathan Eig (Zoom event)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 13 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Jonathan Eig is the bestselling author of six books, including his most recent, Pulitzer Prize-winning King: A Life. Vividly written and exhaustively researched, it is the first major biography in decades of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.―and the first to include recently declassified FBI files.

In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, Eig gives us an intimate view of King, who masterfully employed peaceful protest in the streets but was rarely at peace with himself. From the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father―as well as the nation’s most mourned martyr.

Eig began his writing career at age 16, working for his hometown newspaper, The Rockland County Journal News (N.Y.). He studied journalism at Northwestern University, and went on to work as a reporter for The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Dallas Morning News, Chicago Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present (ILP), a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/silvis/illinois-libraries-present-bringing-history-to-life-with-jonathan-eig-zoom-event/200029202813526
- **Event Categories**: sports, art, literary-art, martin-luther-king-day
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029202813526?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=silvis-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Silvis
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 806  1st Avenue, Silvis, IL, United States, Illinois 61282
- **lat**: 41.51225
- **long**: -90.4166
- **full address**: 806  1st Avenue, Silvis, IL, United States, Illinois 61282

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Silvis Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/silvis-public-library/25990848)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 13 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 806  1st Avenue, Silvis, IL, United States, Illinois 61282
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Silvis Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** sports, art, literary-art, martin-luther-king-day
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about  Illinois Libraries Present: Bringing History to Life with Jonathan Eig (Zoom event) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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