COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in early-voting South Carolina on Monday, wielding the civil-rights icon’s legacy to convince Black voters to stick with Democrats in the 2024 election. Harris headlines an annual event sponsored by the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights group, which includes a prayer service and a march to the South Carolina State House in Columbia. There, Harris will press one of Democrats’ central election messages – Biden and Democrats will protect all Americans’ rights. “She’ll talk about the full-on assault on fundamental freedoms that we’re seeing across the country,” including reproductive rights, said a person familiar with the speech Harris plans to deliver. U.S.…
