[image: MLK_Day_March_to_the_Ballot_Box_Speech_20250120.png] The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Jan 20, 2025 On May 9, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke in Kingstree, SC about the importance of voting on the eve of a state primary. Here are his words: “Let us on that glad day in June march on ballot boxes, for this is the way we’re going to straighten up the South and the nation.”
🎧 90-Sec. Listen, 📖 Read, 🔗 Resources 📣 Groups in Action
www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/01/19/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-s-march-on-ballot-boxes-speech-in-south-carolina-may-9-1966-2/
📻 Broadcast File: Pacifica Radio Network’s Audioport <audioport.org/index.php?op=series&series=American+Democracy+Minute&> and PRX <exchange.prx.org/series/42434-american-democracy-minute> Tags: 1965 Voting Rights Act, March on Ballot Boxes, Martin Luther King, MLK, Day, MLK Day, South Carolina, Speech, Voter Suppression
🎧 90-Sec. Listen, 📖 Read, 🔗 Resources 📣 Groups in Action
www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/01/19/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-s-march-on-ballot-boxes-speech-in-south-carolina-may-9-1966-2/
📻 Broadcast File: Pacifica Radio Network’s Audioport <audioport.org/index.php?op=series&series=American+Democracy+Minute&> and PRX <exchange.prx.org/series/42434-american-democracy-minute> Tags: 1965 Voting Rights Act, March on Ballot Boxes, Martin Luther King, MLK, Day, MLK Day, South Carolina, Speech, Voter Suppression
