As we prepared to oppose the confirmation of Jeff Sessions as AG in 2017, we found in @NAACP_LDF Archives a letter #CorettaScottKing had written in opposition to his nomination to the fed bench in 1986.We submitted it to the Sen.Jud Cmtee. #IWD2020 naacpldf.org/press-release/…
The letter is devastating, thorough, unequivocal. It is a demonstration of the power of Mrs. King’s ongoing civil rights advocacy long after her husband’s death. naacpldf.org/files/about-us… #IWD2020 
We thought the letter would attract the attention and concern of every member of the Sen Judiciary Cmtee in 2017 then preparing to determine whether Sessions should become AG. It was introduced into the record ny Sens. Coons & Blumenthal, but it went largely unnoticed.
Until on Feb 7th Sen @SenWarren read the letter aloud on the Senate floor. She was stopped from completing the reading of #CorettaScottKing’s warning by Sen Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. #IWD2020
And the “nevertheless, she persisted” mantra was born. Although @SenWarren was silenced by McConnell, other women began to read #CorettaScottKing’s letter & film it. I’ll never forget #Queen @DebraMessing for adding her voice. #IWD2020
Strong women - speaking truth to power, passing the baton, amplifying one another’s voices, persisting and refusing to be silenced. #IWD2020
