King family calls for protests on MLK Day weekend to push for passage of voting rights bills
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That it’s taking an act of protest from Martin Luther King Jr.’s family, along with dozens of civil rights groups, to call for a “no celebration” of MLK Day in order to pressure Congress to pass the federal voting rights bill is incomprKing family calls for protests on MLK Day weekend to push for passage of voting rights bills
That it’s taking an act of protest from Martin Luther King Jr.’s family, along with dozens of civil rights groups, to call for a “no celebration” of MLK Day in order to pressure Congress to pass the federal voting rights bill is incomprehensible. Despite the fact that Democrats are sitting in seats of power—executive, House, and Senate—the passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act continue to stall. King’s family—Martin Luther King III, his wife Arndrea Waters King, and their daughter Yolanda Renee King—are mobilizing on MLK weekend to pressure President Joe Biden and Congress to deliver on the promise to pass these bills in the same way they got the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passed. “You show up for the bridges now show up for the people!” Martin Luther King III said sternly of President Biden. Read more
