The son of the famous Reverend, Martin Luther King III, took the floor during the March, Monday, Washington, warning that many states “[had] adopted laws that make the vote more difficult” , more than half a century after his father’s historical speeches.
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Members of the Martin Luther King JR family took part in Washington demonstrations on Monday 17 January to ask the Congress to adopt a reform of the right to vote, while the United States commemorated the assassination of the Leader of civic rights.
The son of the famous Reverend, Martin Luther King III, took the floor during the march, warning that many states “[had] adopted laws that make the vote more difficult”, more than one half a century after the historical speeches of his father.
Monday’s walking participants echoed the requests made by Martin Luther King more than sixty years ago by scouting:
“What do we want? The right to vote! When do we want it? Now!”
“Give us the ballot”
Many posters printed to the effigy of the civic rights icon and carrying its famous call of 1957 “give us the ballot”, who asked the federal government to enforce the right to vote of the blacks Americans throughout the country.
The event aimed to support the law on the freedom of voting currently examined by the Senate, adopted by the House of Representatives last week.
This bill is the subject of a fierce political battle, President Joe Biden to negotiate with two recalcitrant senators from his own democratic party to amend a rule of procedure and allow the Congress to adopt the law without the support of Republicans.
Joe Biden argues that the bill is essential to protect the American democracy against the attempts of Republicans to exclude minorities from voting, who are historically leaning on the Democratic side through a series of recently adopted laws. at the local level.
Martin Luther King “defended racial justice, economic justice and freedom that allows all others: freedom of voting,” said Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House.
m. Biden and Mr. Harris visited the last week the crypt where Martin Luther King, murdered in 1968 to 39, and his wife, Coretta Scott King, are buried in Atlanta.