53 years ago MLK was in Selma leading campaign to win Voting Rights Act. "If we march by the hundreds, we will make it clear to the nation that we are determined to vote” he saidpic.twitter.com/tLCyKYqz4S
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The most important civil right for Martin Luther King was the right to vote. He called it civil right #1 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/03/14/96699925.html?pageNumber=107 … #MLKDaypic.twitter.com/0QhQUslLHN
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Why LBJ signed Voting Rights Act of 1965, with MLK by his side, he called it “A triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield”pic.twitter.com/wnQ3oBWhus
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The right to vote that Martin Luther King devoted his life to winning is under attack today. 395 new voting restrictions introduced in 49 states from 2011-2015pic.twitter.com/P3ODqFSjRf
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2016 was 1st presidential election in 50 years without full protections of Voting Rights Act. More than 1 million people disenfranchised in 2016 because of voter ID laws, long lines at polls, difficulty registeringhttp://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/voter-suppression-wisconsin-election-2016/ …
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Despite demise of Trump “election integrity” commission, there were more new voting restrictions passed in 2017 than 2015 & 2016 combined https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/voting-laws-roundup-2017 …pic.twitter.com/IVZWbPVNqL
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We can honor MLK's legacy by fighting for everyone to have the right to vote: automatic + election day registration restore Voting Rights Act end felon disenfranchisement independent redistricting overturn Citizens United
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Link us to documentation of King speaking out against same-sex marriage.
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