FILE PHOTO: King delivers remarks at the 'March On For Voting Rights' rally in Washington
By Jan Wolfe and Nathan Layne
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Descendants of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and their supporters began marching on Washington on Monday to urge President Joe Biden's Democrats to pass a bill https://news.trust.org/item/20220113182721-f9syv protecting voting rights.
As part of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day D.C. Peace Walk https://mlkholidaydc.org, the King family and more than 100 national and local civil rights groups planned to march across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge into downtown Washington.
The march followed a disappointing week for Biden who went to the Capitol to urge U.S. Senate colleagues to change the chamber's rules so they could overcome Republican opposition to the bill, only to be forcefully rejected by two conservative Democrats who hold effective veto power.
At a rally on Monday before the march, King's son, Martin Luther King III, praised congressional Democrats for passing a sweeping infrastructure bill last year, but implored them to push through voting-rights legislation.
"You were successful with infrastructure, which was a great thing," King said to a crowd of hundreds, "but we need you to use that same energy to ensure that all Americans have the unencumbered right to vote."
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