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Yolanda Renee King to Congress: “What is your plan” to combat gun violence?
Youth Activist and sole granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr., Yolanda Renee King, joins CNN’s Poppy Harlow to discuss the fight against gun violence in America.
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11/3/2021
Martin Luther King III arrested, later released after voting rights protest outside White House
Martin Luther King III, son of the late civil rights activist and icon Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was arrested and released Wednesday by U.S. Park Police after peacefully protesting…
11/3/2021
10/29/2021
Black leaders rally around Howard University students protesting poor living conditions on campus
Black leaders are rallying around Howard University students who have been protesting since earlier this month what they say are subpar living conditions such as mold, mice and roaches in…
10/29/2021
10/20/2021
The King Family: ‘Congress Must Pass The Freedom To Vote Act’
With today’s vote on the Freedom to Vote Act, Martin Luther King, III and Arndrea Waters King assert: “We will not sit idly by while our most basic right as…
10/20/2021
9/3/2021
Thousands Join Voting Rights Marches, Rallies in DC and Nationwide
“This is a battlefield of morals and you are armed with the truth, and the truth is a flame you cannot extinguish,” King III, chairman of the Drum Major Institute,…
9/3/2021
9/2/2021
Arndrea and Martin Luther King III Talk Voting Rights and Abolishing Filibuster
In 1963, more than 250,000 people marched on Washington, D.C., for jobs and freedom with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leading the way. Nearly 60 years later, Dr.…
9/2/2021
8/31/2021
Martin Luther King’s Namesake Son, Granddaughter Call for Voting Rights Protections as Thousands March In D.C. on 58th Anniversary of the March on Washington
An estimated 50,000 people marched in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Aug. 28, to protest against a wave of legislation voting rights advocates say will restrict voters’ rights.
8/31/2021
8/28/2021
“We are not going to stop”: Thousands gather for annual “March On for Voting Rights”
At the first March on Washington in 1963, an estimated 250,000 people gathered to demand civil rights. This year, the march – organized by Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network…
8/28/2021
8/27/2021
MLK and LBJ’s children: Our fathers’ vision for voting rights is under attack again
Social justice was the cause of our fathers, and now our generation’s moment has come. Much of what they accomplished is unraveling, and it is up to us to take…
8/27/2021
8/11/2021
MLK III and Rev. Al Sharpton Respond to Blocked Voting Rights Bills
Today, Congress left for recess without moving voting rights legislation forward. As state-level voting attacks spread across the country, Americans are crying out for Congress to pass federal voting legislation…
8/11/2021
8/6/2021
My Father-In-Law, Dr. King, Didn’t Wait To Fight For Our Voting Rights. Today, We’re Following His Lead.
Exactly 56 years ago, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson, finally prohibiting racially discriminatory voting laws, like poll taxes and literacy tests, nearly a…