MLK's eldest son: We want legislation, not celebration
Voting Rights And Voter Fraud,US Senate,Politics,Filibuster,Elections,Democratic Party,Race And Racism,State Governments,Martin Luther King Jr.
When our daughter, Yolanda Renee King, was born in 2008, her voting rights were more secure than they are today, on the holiday to commemorate her grandfather Martin Luther King Jr.'s 93rd birthday.
Over the past 13 years since our greatest joy came into the world, the Supreme Court has twice-over gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a historic bill Yolanda's grandfather and countless other non-violent resistance leaders bled to secure. In the year between Yolanda's 12th and 13th birthdays, state legislatures passed 34 suppressive laws in 19 states that make it harder for people to vote, including a draconian law in our home state of Georgia that criminalizes handing out water to voters waiting in long lines.
The same forces that schemed to oppress Black and Brown Americans when Dad was assassinated in 1968 are alive and well today, and they are systemically blocking access to the ballot box for people of color.
