Martin Luther King Jr. Day
US Senate poised to strike down voting rights legislation a day after commemoration of MLK
Senator Sinema upholds filibuster rule, paving the way for historic voting rights legislation to be shot down by Republicans
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
King led various civil rights movements across the country calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
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