Kamala Harris Takes Part In Reading King's Letter from Birmingham Jail On Senate Floor

[WeekiWater]

King's Letter from Birmingham Jail Read On Senate Floor

Sen. Kamala Harris and others honored the work of the civil rights icon.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. may have written the “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” back in 1963, but his urgent call demanding racial equality and justice for Black Americans still rings true today.

Tuesday on Capitol Hill, the powerful words from the Civil Rights Movement leader—killed by an assassin’s bullet on April 4, 1968—were read aloud by a bipartisan, multiracial group of U.S. Senators. Among the guests watching and listening from the Senate gallery was the eldest son of Dr. King and Coretta Scott King.

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[Hortensis]

1. :) She joins Sen. Doug Jones, and it's nice to see his name.

Also Senators Lamar Alexander, Tim Kaine, and Lisa Murkowski. Ted Cruz, yuck!, but oh well; even he can't dishonor Dr. King's memory.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

2. Joined by Ted Cruz an Lamar Alexander?

They should have placed a giant smoking irony meter in front of those two.

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL), who won a special election in 2017 that was buoyed by significant support from Black women, hosted the commemorative event. He was joined by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AL), who each stood on the Senate floor to read excerpts of the letter, presented in its entirety.

[Hortensis]

4. :) Even hypocritical support is good. Btw, this supports

studies revealing that, overall, religious people are more supportive of diversity and equal rights than secular. Something about formal teaching of values, I suspect.

In spite of the rise of trumpsterism, many conservatives see Dr. King and his messages as theirs also. And so this honoring of him is both honestly bipartisan and an opportunity for such as Cruz to posture.

[Skidmore]

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