John,

This week is going to be a busy one in the fight for voting rights. But before the Senate takes up voting rights legislation later this week, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the legacy of both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement’s role in advancing equal suffrage for all. While we’ve come a long way, there’s still work ahead to ensure America lives up to its foundational promises.

Over the past year, we’ve featured a wide range of voices in the ongoing work to ensure equal voting rights for all Americans. Take a moment today to read some of their Spotlights and learn how we can all work together to advance one of the central causes of Dr. King’s life:

• Virginia legislators Cia Price (D) and Jennifer McClellan (D) reflected on the legacy of voter suppression in their state and the work they’ve done to ease access to voting.
• Artist John Legend argued for the moral and democratic necessity of universal suffrage and restoring voting rights to people with felony convictions.
• re:power’s Karundi Williams marked the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington with a call to combat state-level legislation that criminalizes the freedom to protest.
• Rev. William J. Barber and Penda Hair urged Congress to take action against Republicans’ war against voters of color.
• Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison wrote in memory of Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and declared that it is our responsibility to carry his work further and recommit ourselves to voting rights.
• Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams highlighted the role of activists in fighting voter suppression and turning Georgia blue in 2020.
• Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) urged fellow Democrats to consider the stakes in the fight for voting rights and argued it should not have to rely on bipartisanship.
• District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) highlights a key modern-day civil rights issue, the lack of statehood for DC’s 700,000 residents, the majority of whom are people of color.
• The New Georgia Project Action Fund’s Nse Ufot examined the effects of Georgia’s new voter suppression law and charted a path forward to combating it and other laws like it.

Keep up the fight,
Team Democracy Docket