The King family took the holiday to highlight Senate Democrats' division over sidestepping the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.
"Senator Sinema, Senator Manchin, our future hinges on your decision and history will remember what choice you make," King's 13-year-old granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, said during a news conference in Washington, D.C. after the annual peace walk honoring her grandfather, who was assassinated in 1968.have a razor-thin hold on control, is set to hold a vote on the legislation as soon as this week.
"They think the real problem isn't that our rights are being stolen—they think the real problem is a disease of division that can be cured with some optimism and conversation," Martin Luther King III said at the D.C. event."My father worked to bring people together ... But he knew that when someone is denying you your fundamental rights, conversation and optimism won't get you very far.
Yolanda Renee King addressed people too young to vote and called on them to mobilize and reach out to Sinema's and Manchin's offices.
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