MLK and the power of the Black vote | Opinion
Updated Jan 18, 2021;
Posted Jan 18, 2021
Antoinette Gaboton-Moss, the pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Highland Park and the founder and executive director of Black Community Watchline, says Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy is connected to the legacies of Ella Baker, Dorothy Height and Diane Nash and extends to the political activism of Fannie Lou Hamer who was brutally beaten for registering people to vote. Stacey Abrams, LaTosha Brown, Aimee Allison, among other Black women, continue Dr. King’s legacy of grassroots mobilization, fighting against voter suppression, stressing the importance of civic engagement, and working to build a more equitable society.