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MLK and today’s democracy
As we celebrate his legacy in
2022, we can only imagine what
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would
say were he to look upon America
in the present day and see its political
And there’s further evidence,
through an indictment of 11
members of the right-wing militant
group the Oath Keepers last
week, that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack
on the U.S. Capitol was a “seditious
conspiracy” aimed at forcibly
overturning the results of the 2020
presidential election.
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Trump-loving Republicans
are even trying to control who
counts the votes, with some
states flirting with allowing
state legislatures to override the
results of a presidential election
by appointing their own electors
for the candidates of their choice,
not the voters’.
THE QUEENS
We would think that Dr. King,
a man of unwavering courage,
determination and peace who
devoted his life to the pursuit of
equal rights for every American,
would shudder at the voter suppression
eff orts happening across
this country.
Dr. King was on the front lines
of the Civil Rights Movement in
the 1960s, and his eff orts helped
pave the way for not only the
passage of the Civil Rights Act
and the Voting Rights Act, but
also the ratifi cation of the 24th
Amendment, which abolished
poll taxes that Southern states
used to prevent Black Americans
from voting.
Today, voter suppression has
taken on numerous other forms.
States controlled by Republican
governments are now closing
poll sites, restricting their hours
of operation and even imposing
restrictions for people waiting to
stand in line to vote.
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Democracy is under attack in
America, from within, like never
before. We believe Dr. King would
undoubtedly feel the despair many
Americans feel these days in witnessing
such an orchestrated eff ort
to suppress the right to vote —
something that generations of freedom
fi ghters and freedom riders
fought so hard to defend, risking
their own lives in the process.
But were he with us today, we
know that Dr. King would be
the loudest of voices in America
countering the fl ood of lies and
anti-Americanism with truth and
a devout love of country.
He would want not just
the government to act, but all
freedom-loving, truly patriotic
Americans to take a stand against
the autocracy in our midst — and
to do so peacefully.
Regardless of our backgrounds,
we must recognize the
threats to our democracy and
the right to vote and act, as Dr.
King would have, to oppose them
wherever they arise.
As he said in February 1968, just
months before his assassination,
“Th ere comes a time when one
must take a position that is neither
safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he
must take it because conscience tells
him it is right.”
Were he with us today, we
know that Dr. King would be
the loudest of voices in America
countering the fl ood of lies and
anti-Americanism with truth and
a devout love of country.
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