(CNN) Civil rights leaders are vowing to keep pressure on Congress to pass voting and election bills and to honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, in the face of Senate delays on the legislation. 'Tremendously disappointed'Born January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr. organized protests and marches for civil rights, practicing nonviolence while often facing violence himself. A prominent leader of the civil rights movement, King also mobilized for voting rights. Those demonstrations became the catalyst that led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 nearly five months later. King told CNN it is "insulting" to still be demanding voting rights after his father and others had fought for them during the civil rights movement.

Source: CNN January 16, 2022 12:46 UTC