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U.S. NEWSTuesday 24 November 2015
Sanders invokes MLK legacy as he aims for black support
BILL BARROW civil rights leader’s home- ers said Martin Luther King
Associated Press town of Atlanta on Mon- Jr. has been “an inspiration
ATLANTA (AP) — Demo- day, the Vermont senator to me for my entire life,”
cratic presidential candi- paid his respect at the slain not just for his work to end
date Bernie Sanders is in- civil rights leader’s crypt racial segregation but be-
voking the legacy of Martin and visited privately with cause of his demands — of-
Luther King Jr. as he tries to one of King’s children, Ber- ten less remembered — for
increase black support in nice King, at the King Cen- economic opportunity for
his bid to catch Hillary Rod- ter for Nonviolent Social all Americans, the central
ham Clinton. Change. theme of Sanders’ presi-
Campaigning in the slain After the meeting, Sand- dential campaign.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,
left, meets with Dr. Bernice King, daughter of the Rev. Martin Lu-
ther King Jr., during a visit to The King Center Monday, Nov. 23,
2015, in Atlanta.
(AP Photo/David Goldman)
Former Secretary of State was, at the time of his
Clinton, the Democratic death, planning another
front-runner, has built a march for the poor.
lead in the early voting “It was a march not just
states, gains that have of African-Americans, but
come amid other signs of Latinos, of whites, of
the party is coalescing be- all people in this country
hind her. But the nomina- to march on Washington
tion fight is far from over as to demand fundamental
Sanders and former Mary- changes in our national
land Gov. Martin O’Malley priorities,” said Sanders,
try to garner more support. who calls on the cam-
Sanders, 74, participated paign trail for a “political
in the famous 1963 march revolution” in the U.S.
that concluded with King’s Bernice King did not take
“I Have a Dream” speech, questions after she met
noted that the event was with Sanders.
officially “The March on The visit to the King Cen-
Washington for Jobs and ter comes as part of a
Freedom.” campaign swing through
“Sometimes people for- Southern states who will
get he was assassinated vote early in the nomi-
because he stood up with nating contest next year.
sanitation workers fighting Clinton has maintained a
for decent wages and de- considerable advantage
cent working conditions,” among African-Americans
Sanders said, referring to voters, who form the back-
King being shot in 1968 in bone of the Democratic
Memphis, where he went electorate in Deep South
to support striking workers. states from South Carolina
Sanders added that King to Louisiana.
