Salute to MLK: The Struggle for Democracy and the Vote

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🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Who can vote and how they can cast their ballot are questions as important today as they were almost 60 years ago when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead the fight for voting rights.

This show is a special program honoring the legacy of Dr. King with a contemporary focus on voting access and democracy.

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0:00.0	.
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0:19.0	Take my hand.
0:26.0	Hear me own.
0:35.0	Let me stand.
0:42.0	I am tied.
0:48.0	I am weak.
0:55.0	I am warm.
1:05.0	Through the storm.
1:12.0	Through the night.
1:18.0	Lead me own.
1:27.0	To the land.
1:33.0	Take my hand.
1:39.0	Press us, Lord.
1:57.0	This is one A. I am Jen White.
2:00.0	Today we have a special hour.
2:02.0	It's our chance to bring you highlights from an event recorded here in Washington, D.C.
2:07.0	at the MLK Memorial Library downtown.
2:10.0	We are starting with a song known to be a favorite of Dr. King's.
2:14.0	Take my hand, precious Lord, as performed by Navasha Day accompanied by Matthew Chase.
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