Marc Morial, the president of the National Urban League Derrick Johnson, the head of the NAACP Melanie Campbell, the chief executive of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and many other civil rights and voting rights leaders will also be attending.īut the decision by the coalition of voting groups to skip the speech underscores the risks to Biden and Democrats of failure on voting rights legislation as crucial midterm elections loom. Several major civil rights leaders are scheduled to attend Biden and Harris’ speeches in Atlanta on Tuesday, including the Rev. We need action, and that action is in the form of the John Lewis Voting Rights (Advancement) Act as well as the Freedom to Vote Act, and we need that immediately,” Albright told reporters on Monday.
Some of the groups that urged Biden to skip his Atlanta trip are the Asian American Advocacy Fund, GALEO Impact Fund Inc.
A coalition of voting rights groups in Georgia announced Monday that they will not attend events surrounding President Joe Biden’s expected visit to Atlanta, urging for concrete action instead of what they called a “photo op.”Ĭliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, and representatives of several voting rights groups urged Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to remain in Washington on Tuesday if they don’t have a clear plan to advance voting rights legislation.
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