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[Van Jones @VanJones68]

⁨The Voting Rights Act was the crowning achievement of the Civil Rights movement. The law that finally made America a true democratic republic. John Lewis was beaten nearly to death to get it passed. Dr. King gave his life to the cause. Today, the Supreme Court gutted it.

Whatever your politics, understand that this bill was the legal infrastructure of equal participation in our democracy. I'm a Southerner. I grew up in Tennessee. I know what these states look like without voting protection. This is a devastating blow to American democracy.

[rolandsmartin @rolandsmartin]

#WeTriedToTellYa! Decades of Attacks on Black Voting Power. SCOTUS Triggers Largest Wipeout Since Reconstruction https://t.co/aCIHFneH8u #RolandMartinUnfiltered

[Addie @addie703]

And still we rise. God has always been on our side. We cannot be defeated. 🖤✊🏽

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Today’s Supreme Court ruling further weakens a law born out of sacrifice, struggle, and the determination of people who risked everything for the right to vote.

Voting rights remain essential to justice, representation, and the dignity of citizenship. This decision certainly weakens key protections and sets up a path that could make fair representation even more difficult.

This is a critical election year, and it is also a critical moment to call for new voting rights legislation.

Through Kingian Nonviolence, we can organize, strategize, and coordinate our efforts to combat voter suppression and create a pathway to restore and protect representation.

Register. Verify your status. Make a plan to vote. Help others do the same.

If we are serious about creating the Beloved Community, we must be serious about protecting and using the right to vote.

#MLK #RestoreTheVRA #BelovedCommunity

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.

The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.

[Addie @addie703]

Shooter Fires Shots in Lobby at White House Correspondents' Dinner https://t.co/e3aWN8N1Z8 via @TMZ

[Addie @addie703]

@rolandsmartin Sounds like "the devil tricked" him into being offended when it involved him personally.

[Addie @addie703]

@rolandsmartin https://t.co/h51l3TDyL9

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Reverend Jesse Jackson was one of America’s greatest patriots. He spent his life summoning all of us to fulfill the promise of America and building the coalitions to make that promise real.

A son of Greenville, South Carolina, Reverend Jackson first rose to the national stage as one of the young leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. His presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 electrified millions of Americans and showed them what could be possible. From Washington, DC to the Bay Area, from the Mississippi Delta to Appalachia, from South Africa to the South Side of Chicago, Reverend Jackson gave a voice to people who were removed from power and politics. He let us know our voices mattered. He instilled in us that we were somebody. And he widened the path for generations to follow in his footsteps and lead.

As a young law student, I would drive back and forth from Oakland, where I lived, to San Francisco, where I went to school. I had a bumper sticker in the back window of my car that read: “Jesse Jackson for President.” As I would drive across the Bay Bridge, you would not believe how people from every walk of life would give me a thumbs up or honk of support. They were small interactions, but they exemplified Reverend Jackson’s life work — lifting up the dignity of working people, building community and coalitions, and strengthening our democracy and nation. I was proud to partner with and learn from him on this work throughout my career, and I am so grateful for the time we spent together this January. Reverend Jackson was a selfless leader, mentor, and friend to me and so many others.

Doug and I are praying for Jacqueline, their children and grandchildren, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and the millions of people across our country and around the world whose lives he impacted. Today and every day, we will carry forward his call to “Keep hope alive.”

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Safety is a moral issue. Every life lost to gun violence is a reminder that we have strayed from the values of dignity, restraint, and care for one another. Nonviolence calls us to confront the culture of harm with courage and compassion, and to build communities where protection of human life is our highest priority. Creating the Beloved Community requires more than thoughts and prayers. It requires action rooted in love and justice.

#MLK #Nonviolence #BelovedCommunity #EndGunViolence

[Addie @addie703]

@Butey452265 @sportsfoodie82 @CNN Jesse Jackson was only 27 yrs old when he watched his mentor/teacher, Dr. King, die in front of him. He was already a college graduate and leader of Operation Bread Basket in Chicago.

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

STATEMENT FROM THE KING CENTER ON THE PASSING OF REVEREND JESSE L. JACKSON SR.

The King Center joins the nation and the world in remembering Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., a towering figure in the struggle for racial and economic justice, equality, and human dignity.

Rev. Jackson offered his voice, his courage, and his unwavering commitment to the cause of freedom. Throughout six decades, his founding and leadership of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and two historic candidacies for President of the United States, Rev. Jackson was a powerful champion for civil and human rights and for economic parity.

Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of The King Center, shared, “Rev. Jackson opened doors so Black people and other excluded communities could step into opportunity and dignity. With Rainbow PUSH Coalition, he cast a bold vision of an inclusive society—uniting people across race, class, and faith to build power together and expand the table of economic opportunity.”

A skilled nonviolent negotiator and advocate, Rev. Jackson spoke out against apartheid in South Africa and worked with Randall Robinson to organize an apartheid divestment campaign. In a 1985 speech at Harvard University, he called on the university to divest from South Africa. In that speech, he said, “Apartheid is unethical, theologically. Apartheid is unhealthy psychologically. Apartheid is a threat to the human race. Apartheid is a lie. We must destroy racism before racism destroys us, our character and our moral authority.”

In 1993, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, Founder of The King Center, presented Rev. Jackson with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize, the Center’s highest award for his myriad of nonviolent work for the eradication of what Dr. King’s called the “inseparable twins” of economic and racial injustice.

While introducing him at the 1989 MLK Day Ecumenical Service, Mrs. King said about Rev. Jackson, “He is the leader for the homeless. He is the leader for the locked out. He is the leader for those who have no hope.”

In the early 1960s, Rev. Jackson became active in the civil rights movement in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he was attending North Carolina A & T College. He joined the local Congress of Racial Equality and participated in sit-ins and demonstrations.

This began an over half century commitment to the cause of humanity that included organizing students to respond to Dr. King’s call for supporters of the voting rights campaign in Selma; working on the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff; and serving as the Chicago coordinator, then national leader, of the King-led SCLC’s economic development and empowerment program, Operation Breadbasket.

As we reflect on Rev. Jackson’s extraordinary life, The King Center honors his indelible contributions to humanity.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, his colleagues, and the countless individuals whose lives were transformed by his ministry and activism.

May his memory inspire future generations to continue the work of building a just, humane, equitable and peaceful world. His voice may be stilled, but his legacy will still resonate in the ongoing struggle for freedom.

#JesseJackson #MLK #CorettaScottKing #TheKingCenter

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of a true giant, the Reverend Jesse Jackson. We will always be grateful for Jesse's lifetime of service, and the friendship our families share. We stood on his shoulders. We send our deepest condolences to the Jackson family and everyone in Chicago and beyond who knew and loved him.

[NAACP @NAACP]

#RestInPower to Rev. Jesse Jackson. Today, we honor a giant whose voice, courage, and love for our people shaped generations. Reverend Jesse Jackson was not only a civil rights icon—he was family to the NAACP.

His legacy sits at the heart of our work and at the center of this nation’s fight for justice. We carry his light forward. https://t.co/4BSEsITjD3

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Both now ancestors…

[Addie @addie703]

@JacksonHarlem Why this whole AI video with characters that don't even resemble them? And that's not the staircase from Stormy Weather. 🙄

[Addie @addie703]

@rolandsmartin Amen, Rev. Barber. 🙌🏽🔥

[Addie @addie703]

@charise_lee I pray that she makes it and recovers! 🙏🏽🇺🇲

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

John Boyd Jr. says he was blocked from a White House meeting for farmers and told the administration is moving away from DEI and small farmers and toward large, white agribusiness.

Let that sink in.

Small farmers pushed out.
Black farmers shut out.
Power consolidated.

This is Donald Trump’s America: reward the connected, erase everyone else.

[Addie @addie703]

@arealBalloon @robdoar @Acyn The police chief said at the 1st press conference that Pretti was identified at the hospital. He must've had some id on him. Otherwise, how would the hospital id him?