Martin Luther King Day: Decades after the icon’s death, voting rights are threatened
On Martin Luther King’s Day, Americans honor civil rights activists. It was recognized as a federal holiday in 1983. Decades after the icon’s death, voting rights are under threat. An ongoing campaign to expand voting rights legislation and restore full force in the 1965 Voting Rights Act is gaining massive mobilization. Kethevane Gorjestani and Matthieu Mabin report.