History

While it’s impossible to fill Dr. King’s shoes, the CBC continues to honor his legacy. The policies we promote and the tactics we use are proof. We legislate, debate and convene. We also boycott, sit-in and kneel.

As we honor Dr. King’s legacy this month, we in the Congress must redouble our commitment to “loving our [political] enemies.”

Dr. Martin Luther King’s trailblazing spirit and leadership is so inspirational and moving to me, it feels like I was among the thousands who marched in Washington in 1963.

Midterm elections are coming up and it is vital we make sure all voices can be heard at the polls.

“Voting is the foundation stone for political action,” proclaimed Martin Luther King on the legendary Selma-Montgomery march that prompted the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Alabama has a long record of voter suppression against black people. It is a record that Martin Luther King Jr. knew intimately. It has been close to 50 years since King’s assassination, but unfortunately, we are still fighting against the same forces that have kept black voters away from the ballot box.

On Jan. 16, 1986, a bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. joined the somber, elegant circle of marble and bronze founding fathers in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

“We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream,” said Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

We know the famous words Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in 1963. We know his dream – equality among races. Generations to come will know his dream. Standing the test of time, Dr. King’s dream and work were about peace, equality and love.

Here are some MLK Day events in DC on Jan. 15, 2018:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.”

Fifty years ago, the world suffered a tremendous loss with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a tragedy that happened in downtown Memphis at Lorraine Motel.

Ebenezer Baptist Church was first founded in Atlanta in 1886, but it wasn’t until the 1960s when it gained international fame – thanks to its famous member, Martin Luther King Jr.

The award-winning nonprofit World War II Foundation produces documentary films that air all over the world.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson met at the 1775 Continental Congress in Philadelphia and became close friends. They survived disagreements on many subjects, but on one they were aligned:

Thumbing through the history books, you’ll find female scientists, astronauts, activists, politicians, writers and wealthy, influential entertainers (looking at you, Bey!).

On January 31, 1801, John Marshall (1755-1835) received his commission as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Senate having given its “advice and consent” four days earlier.

After the fall of Baghdad in April 2003, the U.S. military distributed decks of cards to soldiers stationed in Iraq. The 55-card decks – all face cards – were designed to help identify the country’s “most wanted.” Saddam Hussein’s photo adorned the Ace of Spades.

When the Second Continental Congress convened in 1775, the Revolutionary War was underway, with American soldiers disorganized, outnumbered and outgunned.

America wasn’t always this vitriolic. It need not be now. To prove it, we convened two former US Senators – one Democrat and one Republican – to kick off our eight-part video series.

Elections are the cornerstone of a democracy, giving citizens an important voice in our future. In 1864, the Civil War’s fourth year, President Lincoln won 55 percent of the vote – with 212 electoral votes to Democratic challenger George B. McCellan’s 21.

Since the Truman Administration, the National Turkey Federation’s chairman has selected turkeys from the “Presidential Flock” for the First Family’s Thanksgiving. (President George H.W. Bush was the first to begin pardoning two birds.)