how strangely topical
it's almost as though civil rights advocates have been swimming upstream against the same condescending, bad-faith arguments for decades https://t.co/QTSoSj233v
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) January 18, 2022
Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things: voter suppression and election subversion. It’s about making it harder to vote, who gets to count the vote, and whether your vote counts at all.
We have to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
— President Biden (@POTUS) January 18, 2022
‘To truly honor the legacy of the man we celebrate today, we must continue to fight for the freedom to vote, for freedom for all,’ said Vice President Kamala Harris in a #MLKDay speech, urging the Senate to act to bolster right to vote https://t.co/lovh24Q95I pic.twitter.com/MXSSM0m5N0
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 18, 2022
The U.S. economy has never worked fairly for people of color, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says in a speech to mark Martin Luther King Day. Yellen's remarks were recorded for the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network breakfast in Washington. https://t.co/tktxYw3mns
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 17, 2022
The family of Martin Luther King Jr. leads a march for voting rights as the Senate prepares to take up legislation. pic.twitter.com/29erClB7SA
— Sophia Cai (@SophiaCai99) January 17, 2022
From a long thread:
So, I scrapped my original speech and spent the entire first half of it reading excerpts from a bunch of Dr. King's speeches, but without telling anyone that I was doing so, leading the audience to think King's words were mine. And, whew, chile, it was AMAZING.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) January 17, 2022
Dr. King was a radical critic of racism, capitalism and militarism. He didn't die. He was assassinated. And many, including Regan, fought the national holiday we're not commemorating. If you haven't read, in entirety, his speeches, you've been miseducated & I hope that you will
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) January 17, 2022
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