Bowman speaks at
D.C. voting rally
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman
on Saturday, Aug. 28, spoke
at the Make Good Trouble
Rally for voting, civil and social
rights at the Lincoln Memorial
in Washington D.C.
The rally, which was held
on the 58th anniversary of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s,
“I Have A Dream” speech
and the March on Washington
for Jobs and Freedom,
was one of dozens held
across the country to call for
protections for voting and
civil rights, and an end to the
racist and anti-democratic
suppression of Black voters
across the country. An estimated
75.000 people attended
the events in D.C.
In his speech, Bowman,
whose congressional district
includes the Bronx and
Westchester County, advocated
for the abolition of the
fi libuster, D.C. statehood and
the passage of legislation including
the For the People
Act and the John Lewis Voting
Rights Advancement
Act, to reaffi rm voting rights
in the wake of Supreme
Court decisions weakening
the Voting Rights Act.
“It’s a shame that, 58
years later, we are here fi ghting
for the same darn thing
as Dr. Martin Luther King,”
he said. “Here is our charge
in the coming weeks: We
have to pass the For the People
Act in the Senate, and the
John Lewis Voting Rights
Advancement Act in the Senate.
The House has already
done its job, so the Senate
has to step up and do its job.
But the Senate is not going
to do its job if we do not exercise
our unlimited power
as the people of the United
States of America.”
The Make Good Trouble
Rally was organized by Until
Freedom, Black Church
PAC, Transformative Justice
Coalition, Black Voters Matter,
Repairers of the Breach,
Poor People’s Campaign,
Kairos, The Gathering for
Justice, Faith for Black
Lives, Fund Peace, Woke
Vote and more than 60 other
partners.
-Bronx Times
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman speaks at rally in Washington D.C. on Aug. 28, 2021. Standing in front of the Lincoln
Memorial, Bowman addressed the crowd on the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream”
speech. Photo courtesy Georgia Parke
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