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Today we do it again. I am pleased that we have one again three republicans, three democrats to take part in this historic reading. And at this point, as we get to that letter, id like to yield the floor to my friend from south carolina, senator scott, for a special introduction to this important reading. I yield the floor, madam president. Mr. Scott thank you, madam president. The presiding officer the senator from south carolina. Mr. Scott thank you, maam. Madam president , we are at a critical time in our nations history. I think we can all sense the opportunity that is before us. Through the challenges of covid and the death of george floyd and its aftermath, we can affect real lasting change. Perhaps the most famous line from dr. Kings letter from birmingham jail is injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Let me say that one more time. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere where. More than at any time i can remember, people of all ages and races are st
Luther king jr. Was arrested in my hometown of birmingham, alabama. His crime, leading a peaceful march to protest the indignity suffered by the black community and the jim crow era. He had violated the ban on public demonstrations which targeted the growing resistance of africanamericans to the injustices they were insuffering. While in solitary confinement in birmingham, dr. King wrote what became known as the letter from the birmingham jail, a stinging response to a group of white clergy in alabama who had denounced his tactics and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. They insisted he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. Dr. King responded famously. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. In his letter he rejected the idea that africanamericans should be more patient for change in the face of the daily indignities inflicted by segregation, in the face of threats of violation. There comes a time, he wrote, when the cu
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