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'Until all is well, it's not the end': Martin Luther King's family spotlights voting rights on MLK Day

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Martin Luther King III calls on Congress and President Joe Biden to pass voting rights legislation. King's eldest son says democracy stands on the brink of serious trouble without these bills. Monday's holiday marked what would have been the 93rd birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. King was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968.

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The Guardian

'Do not celebrate. Legislate': Martin Luther King family on voting rights – video

The family of Martin Luther King Jr has called for the passage of a law to protect voters from racial discrimination, while the vice-president, Kamala Harris, said the right to vote in the US was 'under assault'. As part of the annual MLK Day peace walk, the King family and more than 100 national and local civil rights groups strode across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge urging the Democrats to pass the bill in the US SenateHarris warns v…

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

On MLK Day, King III implores Senate to act on voting rights

Senate Republicans remain unified in opposition to the Democrats’ voting bills, and the 50-50 chamber needs 60 votes to pass the legislation

2 years ago·India

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Reuters

US Vice President to protect voting rights Senate addresses action on Martin Luther King's Day

[Washington, 17th, Reuters] --On the 17th, US Vice President Harris appealed to the Senate to act to protect the voting rights of Americans in a speech on the anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King, the leader of the civil rights movement. "Don't be content with the status quo. Don't give up or give in," said Vice President Harris in a live-streamed speech to Rev. King's Eveniser Baptist Church in Atlanta, Southern Georgia. "In order to truly re…

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Hill

Lawmakers, activists, family members call for voting rights legislation on MLK day

Vice President Harris, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Martin Luther King III joined lawmakers and advocates calling on the U.S. Senate to pass voting rights legislation on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.Harris delivered remarks to the congregation at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church remotely from Washington.Pelosi and other lawmakers joined voting rights activists for a march in Washington before rallying in support of two voting rights bills …

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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Los Angeles Times

Martin Luther King Jr.'s son implores U.S. Senate to act on voting rights

President Biden says U.S. must commit to the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote.”

2 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Pioneer Press

On MLK Day, King III implores Senate to act on voting rights

By JEFF MARTIN and MICHAEL WARRENATLANTA (AP) — A day before the U.S. Senate was expected to take up significant legislation on voting rights that is looking likely to fail, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s eldest son condemned federal lawmakers over their inaction.Speaking in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Martin Luther King III said though he was marking the federal holiday named for his father, he wasn’t there to celebrate. He was there to call on Cong…

2 years ago·St Paul, United States

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