Honoring King’s Legacy

As the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church where Martin Luther King Jr. once served, I know this: This MLK Day, more than anytime before, his teachings and the legacy he left behind for all of us is precisely what this nation needs to begin the difficult process of unifying.

During this harrowing month, in which our democratic institutions were tested, we once again witnessed two vastly different systems of justice in action -- making this day for reflection, remembrance, and activism all the more important.

As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Well, we saw firsthand just how true that is not only a few weeks ago, but over these past four years.

With the upcoming historic presidential inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, I hope that you will take a moment to reflect on the hard work that brought us to this moment. And I hope that you will remember that we all stand on the shoulders of giants like Martin Luther King Jr., who stood steadfast in his relentless pursuit of justice.

Just two days from now, folks across the country and around the world will not only witness the swearing-in of Joe Biden -- but of Kamala Harris, the first AfricanAmerican and South-Asian female Vice President in the history of the United States of America. Soon after, we’ll get to work bringing compassion and justice back into our policy and begin the hard work of building back better.

On this critical day of reflection, reverence, and celebration, we must recommit to our fight to form a more perfect union. As Democrats and as Americans, we must also be relentless in our pursuit of justice and continue working to create an America that represents all of us. Today, and every day, our fight for justice continues.

Rev. Raphael Warnock U.S. Senator-elect, Georgia