Martin Luther King day

Over the weekend, Biden said his message on King's birthday is "we choose democracy over autocracy."

He helped drive passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. And I’m remembering our job is to redeem the soul of America.” … But it’s not.” Americans, he said, ” have to choose a community over chaos. … These are the vital questions of our time and the reason why I’m here as your president. “He said, ‘Where do we go from here?’” Biden said from the pulpit. He said democracies can backslide, noting the collapse of the institutional structures of democracy in places such as Brazil.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day — a day which commemorates Civil Rights activist, Baptist preacher and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King Jr.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. The six non-violent principles he espoused such as “Nonviolence Holds That Unearned, Voluntary Suffering for a Just Cause Can Educate and Transform People and Societies” and “Nonviolence Chooses Love Instead of Hate” were designed to combat three great evils: racism, poverty and militarism. King’s vision of a “Beloved Community,” per While many consider this holiday a day-off of work, it is designed to be a “day-on” of service. Day to become a federal holiday. King was known for his activism against segregation and his advocacy for civil rights.

Are we a people who will choose democracy over autocracy?" asked Biden, the first sitting president to give a sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Day weekend, [Joe Biden](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/joe-biden/) traveled to the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where the president shared a stage with pastor and [Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/georgia-senate-runoff-results-raphael-warnock-defeats-herschel-walker-1234642730/). On Sunday, former president Trump spent part of his day blasting out mass-emails with links to conservative-media articles, largely concerning the The president’s Atlanta speech comes just over a week after he marked the two-year anniversary of the deadly Jan. Biden is now the first sitting American president to give a Sunday sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church. [Martin Luther King Jr](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/martin-luther-king-jr/). “Are we a people who will choose democracy over autocracy?

US federal holiday honouring slain civil rights leader comes amid rising fears over hate crimes, curbs to voting access.

To move our country forward and defend our democracy, we need to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and Freedom to Vote Act to ensure access to the ballot box for all Americans. The right to vote was a key part of the civil rights movement and Dr. Similar legislation now faces an uphill battle in the US House of Representatives, where Republicans hold a majority. [restricting access to voting](/news/2022/10/24/qa-ahead-of-us-midterms-advocate-warns-of-voting-barriers) also has prompted calls for action in recent months, with advocates saying the measures most adversely affect racial minorities and marginalised communities. “But importantly, it’s also an occasion on which it is remembered what work still needs to be done.” It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” MLK

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