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 fracture.
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 efforts happening across this country.
Dr. King was on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, and his efforts helped pave the way for not only the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, but also the ratification of the 24th Amendment, which abolished poll taxes that Southern states used to prevent Black Americans from voting.
