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2018-08-08T09:33:10-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNTg5XC8yMDE4MDgwODEwMzQzNTAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==2018 is the 50th anniversary of the 1968 “Poor People’s Campaign” envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. to shift the focus of the civil rights movement to economic issues. Reverend King was assassinated a few weeks before the campaign got underway in Washington, D.C. This program is from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and featured a discussion on civil unrest and economic conditions leading up to 1968, particularly in Detroit, Michigan and Newark, New Jersey.
2018 is the 50th anniversary of the 1968 “Poor People’s Campaign” envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. to shift the focus of the civil right… read more
2018 is the 50th anniversary of the 1968 “Poor People’s Campaign” envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. to shift the focus of the civil rights movement to economic issues. Reverend King was assassinated a few weeks before the campaign got underway in Washington, D.C. This program is from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and featured a discussion on civil unrest and economic conditions leading up to 1968, particularly in Detroit, Michigan and Newark, New Jersey. close
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