Martin Luther King, Jr.’s popular “I Have a Dream” speech was given in Washington, D.C., almost after six decades., his son, Thousands of people marched in Washington, D.C., on Saturday (August 28) in support of Martin Luther King III, and Mr. King’s father, and his granddaughter, Yolanda.
March was organized by Rev. Sharpton, Dr. King and his wife Andrea Waters King, along with other voting rights activists, called on Congress to adopt the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
A look at the event page indicates that, “Since January, forty-eight states have introduced three hundred eighty-nine bills that outright voter suppression, constitute shameful, many of which have already become law”. Voting rules suppress essential techniques to enhance democracy and promote participation, including prohibiting drop boxes and mail-in ballots; reducing early voting time and hours, limiting who might qualify to receive mail-in ballots, and prohibiting election officials from promoting these methods. Legislation coupled with election suppression laws, such as these, is equivalent to rigging of a game. Nevertheless, we live in a culture where elections are not a game, and their outcomes affect the lives of people,” the site explains.
A number of rallies were held simultaneously in more than 20 cities across the country on Saturday (Aug. 28). The majority of speakers at the rally in D.C. focused their attention on the Senate following the House passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on Wednesday (Aug. 25).
„We are a powerful force of nature,” King III spoke to the march. The truth is a flame which you cannot put out, and you are armed with it. You are fighting on a battlefield of morals.” Previously, it was done, and now it will be done again. As long as we do not have federal voting rights, we will demand them. Therefore, don’t give up, don’t give in or out. You are the dream, and this is our chance to live it.”
The King’s daughter Yolanda King, who was 13, came on the platform and talked about the passing of the ‘torch.’ “Activism functions, I know. In my own family, I saw it,” she added. “It’s time for our youth to wake the world up, so that we can stop talking about a fantasy… We are the generation that once and for all gains and gains our independence.”
He spoke of what he saw on Jan. 6 when thousands marched through the streets to honor Dr. King as he resurrected the right to vote. In his address, Rev. Sharpton mentioned the Capitol riot. “No windows were broken, no one was injured. There are no disorders. “This is how you reach the Capitol.”
The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. warned the people that the country is in a “state of emergency,” according to a report in The Hill. As a matter of domestic integrity, voting rights are not an evanescent issue to be fudged about by reactionary status quo guardians. It may well determine the destinies of our nations, as it concerns an eternal moral issue. We need to move now before it’s too late, since the clock ticking,” she said. Among the most threats to our democracy are principled men and women’s silence regarding this issue and a refusal to yield to conscience by opposing laws that restrict the right to vote.”
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