My fourth completed book of 2024 is KING: A LIFE, by Jonathan Eig. I read this hoping for some inspiration in the new Trump Era, looking for an example of nonviolent persistence in the face of crushingly hostile power. I'm not sure I found inspiration. The King of Eig's biography is no hollow hero -- he's a messy human, prone to depression, disorganized, a terrible husband and a so-so father at best. But he's also passionate about his ideals, about Christian nonviolence, and pays terribly when everybody around him seems to have worried of the fight. Toward the end of his life, King skips out on a trip and despairingly tells his wife: "I get tired of going and not having any answers." But he kept going. Maybe that's all we can do.
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