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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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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…
8/6/2021
8/6/2021
Mobilize Everyday People to Fight Republican Attacks on Voting, Just Like In 1965: MLK III
Shortly after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, my father, Martin Luther King Jr., visited President Lyndon Johnson alongside other civil rights leaders and urged him to support…
8/6/2021
7/29/2021
‘I Have a Dream’ Voting Rights March Planned in Phoenix on Aug. 28
Phoenix will be one of a handful of nationwide locations for a March On For Voting Rights on Aug. 28, the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic March…
7/29/2021
7/28/2021
Sharpton and MLK III Link Arms with Texas Democrats on Voting Rights
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s son concedes that ‘any of us could be very frustrated’ by stalled effort to resurrect federal protections his father fought for.
7/28/2021
7/28/2021
Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III Meet with Texas Democrats | LIVE
Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, and Arndrea Waters King are meeting with the Texas State Democratic Delegation, a group of lawmakers who fled to Washington, D.C., in order…
7/28/2021
7/27/2021
Martin Luther King III, Arndrea King, Rev. Al Sharpton to Meet with TX State Legislatures
On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King and Rev. Al Sharpton will visit Capitol Hill to urge congressional leaders to pass federal voting rights legislation.