The anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington should be an occasion for escalating the non-violent fight for voting rights.
This weekend, many Americans will commemorate the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. While there will be no shortage of reflections on and recitations of the “I Have a Dream” speech, which has become synonymous with that event, I find myself increasingly drawn not to the words spoken by King on that historic day but to the wordsby him just a few months earlier. What I keep thinking about is King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Senators such as Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and others would do well to refer to Dr. King’s explanation of just vs. unjust laws, which included the observation that “sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application.” But the more important question in this critical moment is not whether the filibuster should be ended , but what tactics are currently necessary to make that happen. It has become clear that only a significant escalation of nonviolent civil disobedience on the scale leading up to the Selma-to-Montgomery March will create the level of pressure necessary to pass voting rights legislation.
However, completing the battle for voting rights will require an escalation beyond what we have seen to date. What’s needed is an escalation of civil disobedience on three levels: first, in the number of cities and counties where actions are taking place; second, in the frequency of actions; and third, in the level of disruption involved in such actions. We who believe in voting rights must demonstrate that we are willing to be ungovernable until the pending bills are passed.
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