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Resurrection City
Resurrection City, located on fifteen acres of land beside the National Mall reflecting pool in Washington, DC, was the destination point for the "Poor People's Campaign" of 1968, which had been conceived by Martin Luther King, Jr., shortly before his assassination. For six weeks that spring, some three thousand poor and underprivileged individuals convened there and lived in hastily constructed shanties of plywood and canvas. They gathered to march, to protest, and to make known their plight of impoverishment. Meanwhile, they endured heavy rains and mud, overcrowding, and sporadic crime.
Oliver F. Atkins |