Thousands of people gathered before the Lincoln Memorial on the 63rd anniversary of the March on Washington for a program on August 28 bookended by prayers and focused on voting rights.
The son of Martin Luther King Jr., who that day more than six decades before delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, decried the state of voting rights in the United States, referring to the Supreme Court’s gutting of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act earlier this year.
“The fact that we still have to fight to maintain and renew voting rights in this country is beyond abysmal and a truly national disgrace,” Martin Luther King III said. “If some don’t change their ways, it won’t be long before we all experience the discomfort of the divine judgment that God has promised.”
