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  • 2017-02-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Coretta Scott King Thank Jeff Sessions in a Speech? (en)
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  • Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., became a focal point of American politics in February 2017, when Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama was nominated to serve as the Attorney General for the new Trump administration. During Sessions' confirmation hearings, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts attempted to read to the Senate a letter Mrs. King had written in 1986, opposing Session's nomination for a federal judgeship: According to the web site True Pundit, Warren presented the letter to the Senate in an attempt to smear Sessions and to frame him as a bigot. This argument, according to the web site, was shattered after a video surfaced of Coretta Scott King thanking Sessions during a 2000 dedication speech for the Rosa Parks Library: The video itself is real, recording a speech King delivered at the dedication of the Rosa Parks Library and Museum at Troy University in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 2000. However, King didn't actually thank or praise Sessions during her speech. King's only mention of Sessions came at the very beginning of her talk, when she listed off the politicians, civil rights activists, and other dignitaries who were in attendance at the event: King did not single out Sessions for praise, or specifically thank him, during her speech. Cameron Martindale, the President of Troy University Montgomery, did thank Sessions, however. As Martindale introduced Sessions, she said that the establishment of the Rosa Parks Library would not have been possible without his support: (en)
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