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In the United States, after virtual commemorations last year due to Covid, parades in honor of Martin Luther King were held again “for real” this Monday in many cities. This is the case for example in Houston, Texas. Reporting.
With our correspondent in Houston, Thomas Harms
Young cheerleaders from the city’s schools, marching bands and a procession of banners and cars in the colors of Martin Luther King. The Houston parade is being held for the 44th time, and Timothe Borrower didn’t miss a single one. But rather than walk, this year, he commemorates at the wheel of his chrome Chevrolet, music blasting.
« It matters a lot, he said. We have suffered so much in recent months, social injustice is everywhere. We have to fight for something, otherwise we will continue to suffer. I am there every year. My parents took me, and now I come with my daughters and my grandchildren. ».
Defend the right to vote
Many are wearing t-shirts bearing the names of Democratic candidates for the primary in the midterm elections on March 1. But for Diane Shepard, what matters is unity to defend the right to vote. ” We fight for our rights, for voters and against restrictions on the right to vote. But the most important thing is to keep our rights and stay free. Because we, the black Americans, the Hispanics, we built this country. »
On Monday, Martin Luther King would have been 93 years old. The Nobel Prize was assassinated 54 years ago.
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