strikingly familiar to us right now where he said that the removal of the ballot from the hands of black voters was necessary before southern elites could erect an infrastructure, socioeconomic infrastructure, that disadvantaged all poor people. that is exactly what we re looking at. when we look at what is happening with build back better, look at what s happening with the whole array of things around covid and health care and all of these things that the african american vote and the denial of the african american vote will only make it easier for the forces that want to make the situation even worse for poor and vulnerable people. so dr. king was sum upping optimism in face of that. professor glaude, joe biden could have given this speech at the white house today. what did he add to it by going to atlanta, by visiting with dr. king s family? well, he brings the gravitas