Mothers of Beyoncé, Breonna Taylor urge Senate to pass act to make voting easier

Tina Knowles-Lawson, mother of Beyoncé and Solange, who wrote an open letter this week urging the Senate to pass the HEROES Act to make voting more accessible. The letter is also signed by Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, who was killed …

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Tina Knowles-Lawson, mother of Beyoncé and Solange, who wrote an open letter this week urging the Senate to pass the HEROES Act to make voting more accessible. The letter is also signed by Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by Louisville, Kentucky, police in March.

The letter begins with: "We are mothers of Black sons daughters - some of whom have lost our children - and we have a vision for a new America."

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