Minority Activism and the 1968 Election
2014-10-17T20:00:25-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYWQyXC8yMDE0MTAxNzIwNTAzNzAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Panelists talked about minority activism leading up to the 1968 election as part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “Poor People’s Campaign.” They described how people of different races worked together in the movement and explained how their cooperation has been largely remembered as an African American movement.
“When Poor People Marched on Washington: The '68 Campaign in Black and Brown” took place at a Library of Congress American Folklife Center symposium titled, “Organizing across the Boundaries: Strategies and Coalitions in the Struggle for Civil Rights and Social Justice.”
“When Poor People Marched on Washington: The '68 Campaign in Black and Brown” took place at a Library of Congress American Folklife Center symposium titled, “Organizing across the Boundaries: Strategies and Coalitions in the Struggle for Civil Rights and Social Justice.”
Panelists talked about minority activism leading up to the 1968 election as part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “Poor People’s Campaign.” They … read more
Panelists talked about minority activism leading up to the 1968 election as part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “Poor People’s Campaign.” They described how people of different races worked together in the movement and explained how their cooperation has been largely remembered as an African American movement.
“When Poor People Marched on Washington: The '68 Campaign in Black and Brown” took place at a Library of Congress American Folklife Center symposium titled, “Organizing across the Boundaries: Strategies and Coalitions in the Struggle for Civil Rights and Social Justice.” close
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