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1 Martin Luther King, Jr. in Marks, Mississippi - 1967

2 “Right then, King resolved that the mule train for Washington would leave from Marks.” Taylor Branch

3 Mule Train to Washington, D.C. - 1968

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6 Resurrection City on the D.C. Lawn - 1968

7 Resurrection City Daycare

8 Resurrection City Residents - 1968

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10 Resurrection City on the D.C. Lawn - 1968

11 Poor People’s Campaign – 1968

12 National Council of Churches Supporting the Poor People’s Campaign

13 “ There are millions of poor people in this country who have very little, or even nothing, to lose. If they can be helped to take action together, they will do so with a freedom and a power that will be a new and unsettling force in our complacent national life. ” - Martin Luther King, Jr

14 Coalition of Immokalee Workers – Immokalee, Florida

15 Domestic Workers United

16 Zapatista March Chiapas, Mexico 1999

17 Re-igniting the Poor People’s Campaign – 2008

18 Poverty Initiative Union Theological Seminary www.povertyinititive.org poverty@uts.columbia.edu (212)280-1439


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