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Warren touts racial equality in speech [View all]
Warren touts racial equality in speech
1/12/2015
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren gave a sweeping civil rights address yesterday, warning “we are under attack” in the fight for social justice as she addressed a cheering crowd of civic leaders in a historic black church in Roxbury.
“In the past half-century, our country has made progress. But we are under attack,” Warren told worshipers at the Twelfth Baptist Church, where she was presented a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award.
“There are those who want to reverse those gains. Those who want to take away votes. Those who want to make it harder to get an education. Those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Those who believe it should be a challenge to vote or even walk down the street. The Supreme Court has now struck down a key section of the Voting Rights Act. Young men have died in police custody. And the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color.”
The crowd gave Warren multiple standing ovations.
She was surrounded at the annual convocation in honor of King by local powerbrokers including Mayor Martin J. Walsh, city councilors Ayanna Pressley and Charles Yancey, and state Rep. Gloria L. Fox.
“We have much work to do in the fight for full equality,” Warren told the crowd in her first lengthy address on racial equality.
“We have much work to do in the fight for human dignity. And that work starts with the reminder that we cannot sit by, we must act. We must fight back. We must fight ... to recognize the dignity of each person and to act. To protest injustice. To demand legal protection and to affirm with every step we take that we hear the word of the Lord. Can I have an amen on that?”
“Amen,” the crowd roared....
1/12/2015
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren gave a sweeping civil rights address yesterday, warning “we are under attack” in the fight for social justice as she addressed a cheering crowd of civic leaders in a historic black church in Roxbury.
“In the past half-century, our country has made progress. But we are under attack,” Warren told worshipers at the Twelfth Baptist Church, where she was presented a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award.
“There are those who want to reverse those gains. Those who want to take away votes. Those who want to make it harder to get an education. Those who believe justice and dignity are reserved only for some people. Those who believe it should be a challenge to vote or even walk down the street. The Supreme Court has now struck down a key section of the Voting Rights Act. Young men have died in police custody. And the growing heel of poverty has worn down harder on children of color.”
The crowd gave Warren multiple standing ovations.
She was surrounded at the annual convocation in honor of King by local powerbrokers including Mayor Martin J. Walsh, city councilors Ayanna Pressley and Charles Yancey, and state Rep. Gloria L. Fox.
“We have much work to do in the fight for full equality,” Warren told the crowd in her first lengthy address on racial equality.
“We have much work to do in the fight for human dignity. And that work starts with the reminder that we cannot sit by, we must act. We must fight back. We must fight ... to recognize the dignity of each person and to act. To protest injustice. To demand legal protection and to affirm with every step we take that we hear the word of the Lord. Can I have an amen on that?”
“Amen,” the crowd roared....
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