Biden reflects on MLK in speech at his Atlanta church: Progress is 'always possible'

President Joe Biden on Sunday delivered a sermon at Martin Luther King Jr.'s former church in Atlanta, celebrating the late civil rights leader's life and legacy and

reflecting on the progress that Biden said was still left to be made. Speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King had preached Biden spoke on what would have been

King's 94th birthday of what he called an "inflection point" in the country, arguing that the assassinated preacher and activist's teachings offer a path forward. "It's

still the task of our time to make that dream a reality, because it's not there yet. To make Dr. King's vision tangible, to match the words of the preachers and the poets with our

deeds," Biden said. "The battle for the soul of this nation is perennial. It's a constant struggle, it's a constant struggle between hope and fear, kindness and cruelty, justice

and injustice, against those who traffic in racism, extremism and insurrection. A battle fought on battlefields and bridges, from courthouses and ballot boxes to pulpits and

protests." "At our best, the American promise wins out," the president said. "At our best, we hear and heed the injunctions of the lord and the whispers of the angles."

"But I don't need to tell you that we're not always at our best. We're fallible, we fail and fall," he continued. "But faith and history teach us that however dark the

night, joy cometh in the morning." Biden's speech referenced voting rights, which he unsuccessfully sought to expand in the first two years of his term and has vowed to

continue focusing on, though it's unlikely he'll be able to get legislation through a GOP-controlled House.