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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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[My mother] was really a super woman; she raised four kids while helping to raise a nation and keep it from teetering on the edge of violent, just continual violent outbreaks. Yes, there were riots after my dad was assassinated, but really, I think her posture on April the 8th when she went to Memphis to lead that march he was scheduled to lead, and what she said was so critical to quelling some of the tension at the time.

Coretta Scott King quoted in an article by Taryn Finley at HuffPost. Bernice King Believes It’s ‘Critical’ To Heed Martin Luther King’s Lessons

TodayThe civil rights leader’s youngest daughter believes King’s teachings are vital “now more than ever before.”

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This is the letter by Coretta Scott King that Mitch McConnell banned Elizabeth Warren from reading on the Senate floor

Elizabeth Warren, who occupies a windswept patch of real estate in Donald Trump's brain, was reading a letter written by Coretta Scott King in opposition to Sessions' nomination for a Federal judgeship. That was in 1986, and he was voted down at least in part due to allegations of racism.

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Found this in the Buzzfeed comments section:

Send a free fax of Coretta Scott King’s 1986 letter opposing the confirmation of racist Jeff Sessions as a federal district court judge to Mitch McConnell (KY).  Just to be sure he reads it since he stopped U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren from doing so on the Senate floor tonight.

It is completely free; you just have to click an email confirmation link.  Must be sent as a PDF, DOC, or DOCX file.  If you do not know how to save/export as a PDF, you can do so here.  It’s quick and requires no personal information.  Once it’s finished converting, click “Download” at the top of the page.

https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php

You can send up to five free faxes per day.  I chose to also fax the Dishonorable Jeff Sessions (AL), Steve Daines (MT), Orrin Hatch (UT), and John Cornyn (TX).

There is also a section to include text to appear on the fax’s cover page.  Be creative.

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From A Mighty Girl Facebook page: Throughout history, there have been men who have tried to silence women standing up for their rights and the rights of others -- but, throughout history, nevertheless, women have persisted. From suffrage leaders like Susan B. Anthony and Emmeline Pankhurst, who men tried to silence as they fought for women's right to vote, to civil rights leaders like Rosa Parks and Dolores Huerta, who men tried to silence as they fought the equal rights for all people, to women's right leaders like Malala Yousafzai who men tried to silence as she fought for girls' rights to an education. Each of these women -- even when she was warned, given an explanation, arrested, or even shot during an assassination attempt -- persisted in standing up for her beliefs and speaking truth to power. Last night, we witnessed the latest stark example of prominent men silencing a woman when Senator Elizabeth Warren was officially censured by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after she attempted to read aloud from a letter by civil rights leader Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., which criticizes Jeff Sessions, who is expected to be confirmed as the new U.S. Attorney General. King wrote the letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 to oppose the confirmation of Sessions -- who once told a black Assistant U.S. Attorney that he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "okay until I found out they smoked pot" -- for a federal judgeship. On the Senate floor last night, Warren read the following from King's letter: "Anyone who has used the power of his office as United States Attorney to intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot by citizens should not be elevated to our courts. Mr. Sessions has used the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters. For this reprehensible conduct, he should not be rewarded with a federal judgeship." McConnell cited Warren's recitation of King's letter as justification to invoke a rarely used Senate rule that prohibits senators from “impugning” their colleagues. After the Senate voted along party lines to officially silence Warren, McConnell sought to justify their actions by stating: "She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.” After being silenced on the Senate floor, Senator Warren read King's letter in full outside the Senate chamber on Facebook Live -- the video has amassed nearly nine million views since last night. Many commentators have also noted the fact that, since Warren was silenced by McConnell, four of her male colleagues in the Senate have now read the same letter aloud on the Senate floor without receiving a similar rebuke. For her part, Warren asserts, "I read Coretta Scott King’s letter that described what Jeff Sessions had done as US attorney and the impact it had had on voting rights for people in Alabama. I thought that letter was moving and entirely appropriate to be read on the floor of the Unites States Senate... then I was gaveled down and forced to shut up when I read Coretta Scott King’s letter. No I did not go into tonight expecting that... They can shut me up, but they can't change the truth." With the phrase, "Nevertheless, she persisted," now going viral on social media, it appears that, like heroic women throughout history, many people are now unwilling to stand idly by when women's voices are silenced. To watch U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren's video reading Coretta Scott King's letter, visit http://bit.ly/2kPerJy -- or read the letter in The New York Times at http://nyti.ms/2ll5mck. To learn more about how to take a stand as an individual, visit the Indivisible Guide (https://www.indivisibleguide.com/). For an excellent for teen girls on how to assert themselves and voice their opinions, check out "Express Yourself: A Teen Girl's Guide to Speaking Up and Being Who You Are" for ages 12 and up at http://www.amightygirl.com/express-yourself-guide For a helpful guide to help tween girls learn how to approach over 200 social situations with confidence -- including information on the importance of body language -- we highly recommend "A Smart Girl’s Guide to Knowing What to Say" for ages 9 to 12 at http://www.amightygirl.com/a-smart-girl-s-guide-to-knowing-what-to-say For an uplifting picture book about an irrepressible Mighty Girl who won't let the criticism of others hold her back, we highly recommend "Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon" for ages 4 to 8 at http://www.amightygirl.com/stand-tall-molly-lou-melon For a great book for parents that offers practical strategies to foster girls' assertiveness, resilience, and integrity, check out "The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence" at http://www.amightygirl.com/the-curse-of-the-good-girl And, for our favorite t-shirt honoring women throughout history who were willing to take a stand, check out the "Well behaved women seldom make history" t-shirt -- available in a variety of styles and colors for all ages -- at http://www.amightygirl.com/well-behaved-women-history-shirt

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Mrs. Coretta Scott King and Cicely Tyson on the set of "King". June 20, 1977

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