Vice President Biden Addresses Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast  ...1 of 3 >
Jan. 20, 2014-Vice President Joe Biden was the keynote speaker at the National Action Network's fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast.  Biden may be discounted in some circles, but he has a wealth of experience and can deliver a powerful and moving speech.  The Vice President decried "the tide of new attempts–new attempts–to restrict the right of our people to vote."  "I never thought we'd be fighting the fight again on voting rights," he said.  Biden recounted working as a life guard in Wilmington.  "I was the only white kid working in East Side, we called Price's Run and we now call The Bucket, Reverend, I was a life guard in the big city swimming pool."  He said the experience was "a bit of an epiphany."  One of the highlights of Biden's speech was his account of a couple of incidents he had with Sen. John Stennis, the long-serving senator from Mississippi who was strong segregationist but later came to a more inclusive view.  Mimicking Stennis' gestures and describing fine details, Biden brought Stennis, who left the Senate more than two decades ago, to life and illustrated how times have changed.
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