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Poor People's March
After the 1968 DC riots, rights activists decided to go ahead with Rev. King's plans for a poor people's march on Washington. Washingtonians were a major part of the planning efforts. Churches like St. Augustine's in Southwest were staging areas, and local public figures graced the organizing committee. The People's Camp, or Resurrection City, was conceived to bring poverty into public view through civil disobedience in the nation's capital. It succeeded. But life in the makeshift camp was difficult and uncomfortable, and the many local and federal law enforcement personnel were a constant and often unfriendly presence. |