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             MLK III: History to remember Sinema unkindly over filibuster



            (AP) — Martin Luther King III  march  in  Phoenix  with  lo-
            came to Arizona with harsh  cal  activists  and  support-
            words for Democratic Sen.  ers from Pilgrim Rest Baptist
            Kyrsten  Sinema,  whose  re-  Church,  a  predominantly
            fusal  to  change  the  Sen-  Black  church,  and  spoke
            ate’s  Jim  Crow-era  filibus-  about  the  importance  of
            ter rules makes voting rights  “no  celebration  without
            legislation unlikely to pass.  legislation.”
            King  told  a  crowd  cam-   “Our  daughter  has  less
            paigning to protect voting  rights  around  voting  than
            rights  that  Sinema  cannot  she  had  when  she  was
            simultaneously express sup-  born,”  King  said  in  an  in-
            port for the legislation while  terview.  “I  can’t  imagine
            also blocking their approv-  what my mother and father
            al.                          would  say  about  that.  I’m
             “History will remember Sen.  sure  they’re  turning  over
            Sinema, I believe unkindly,  and  over  in  their  graves
            for  her  position  on  the  fili-  about this.”
            buster,” the civil rights lead-  Arizona  is  one  of  19  states
            er’s  eldest  son  said  as  the  that  have  passed  more
            nation  prepares  to  mark  than 30 state voting laws in
            the  birthday  of  the  Rev.  the last year — including a
            Martin Luther King Jr.       ban on giving water to vot-  Martin Luther King III, with the Deliver For Voting Rights organization, wraps up his speech at the
            With  his  wife  Arndrea  Wa-  ers in long lines, and stricter   Eastlake Park Amphitheater in Phoenix on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. As the nation prepares to mark
            ters King; and their daugh-  ballot  signature  require-  the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., some members of his family are spending it in
                                                                      conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilize support for languishing federal voting rights legislation.
            ter  Yolanda  Renee  King,  ments  —  that  King  called   (Zac BonDurant/The Arizona Republic via AP)
            13,  the  family  joined  a  “draconian.”                                                                                Continued on next page
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