Bernice King calls for 'new levels of civil disobedience' in voting rights fight

In a Friday Instagram Live conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris, Dr. Bernice King said that"new levels of civil disobedience in the spirit of non-violence" will be needed to secure voting rights nationwide. Above, King speaks during the 2021 King Holiday Observance Beloved Community Commemorative Service on January 18, 2021, in Atlanta."We just continue to pray for and thank God for those legislators out of Texas.

Earlier in their conversation, King mentioned that her father's own participation in the 1960s civil rights movement was based on the nonviolent civil disobedience tactics of Indian anti-colonialist leader Mahatma Gandhi. Harris later asked viewers to remain engaged in politics on the local, state and national levels in order to make their voices heard. She also asked viewers to do everything they can to help pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

The For the People Act would expand voter access, improve election integrity security, revise campaign finance laws and lay out additional ethics rules for all three branches of the federal government, according to a summary of the legislation. The John Lewis Voting Rights Act would create a way for citizens and the federal government to challenge new state voting laws in the courts. It would also require many changes to election procedures to go through a process called"preclearance," or approval from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.

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