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Poor People's Campaign  

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  • From May 12 through June 24, 1968, a multiracial coalition of approximately 3,000 poor people from across the United States joined forces under the leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and caravanned to Washington, D.C., where they built a temporary city—Resurrection City—on the National Mall. Their goal was to expose the living conditions of impoverished people. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Poor People's Campaign]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-XK5JLDMK-2

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