“The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression; they were part of a broader voting rights movement underway in Selma and throughout the American South. By highlighting racial injustice, they contributed to passage that year of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal achievement of the civil rights movement.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
“The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression; they were part of a broader voting rights movement underway in Selma and throughout the American South. By highlighting racial injustice, they contributed to passage that year of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal achievement of the civil rights movement.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
President Johnson’s Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise (March 15, 1965) http://www.lbjlibrary.org/lyndon-baines-johnson/speeches-films/president-johnsons-special-message-to-the-congress-the-american-promise
“The one thing about Martin Luther King Jr.’s greatness everyone keeps missing” https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/20/us/martin-luther-king-jr-listener-blake/index.html
Dr. Cornel West reacts to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway saying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be against impeaching President Donald Trump. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/01/21/cornel-west-donald-trump-martin-luther-king-jr-sot-vpx-acfc.cnn
During a news conference, NBC News correspondent Geoff Bennett asked Conway why the president’s public schedule of events on Monday did not include any functions meant to commemorate King. In response, Conway argued that impeachment went against the ideals that King had put forth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/21/conway-mlk-impeachment/