Resurrection City

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civil rights demonstration site protest encampment temporary settlement

Resurrection City was a temporary encampment on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., established in 1968 as part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign to dramatize and protest economic injustice in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Resurrection City, U.S.A.	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights demonstration site ⓘ protest encampment ⓘ temporary settlement ⓘ
associatedWith	Ralph Abernathy’s leadership after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death ⓘ SCLC’s shift toward economic justice issues ⓘ
causeOfDestruction	eviction by authorities ⓘ
commemoratedBy	civil rights histories and documentaries ⓘ historical exhibits on the Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ
context	post-assassination period of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1968 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Resurrection City ⓘ surface form: Resurrection City, U.S.A.
hasCharacteristic	built as a shantytown of wooden structures and tents ⓘ multi-racial encampment ⓘ symbol of the fight against poverty ⓘ
hasParticipant	Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff ⓘ civil rights activists ⓘ poor people from across the United States ⓘ
hasPurpose	to advocate for economic rights for poor Americans ⓘ to dramatize economic injustice in the United States ⓘ to protest poverty in the United States ⓘ
hasSlogan	“A new and unsettling force” ⓘ
hasTypeOfProtest	mass occupation of public space ⓘ nonviolent direct action ⓘ
hasWeatherCondition	heavy rain and mud during the encampment ⓘ
inception	1968 ⓘ
inspiredBy	Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
locatedIn	National Mall ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ
notableFor	being cleared by police after weeks of occupation ⓘ bringing thousands of poor people to live on the National Mall ⓘ linking civil rights to economic rights ⓘ
opposedTo	economic inequality in the United States ⓘ systemic racism in economic policy ⓘ
organizer	Ralph Abernathy ⓘ Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
partOf	Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ
significantEvent	Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ surface form: Poor People’s March on Washington mass demonstrations for economic justice ⓘ
timePeriod	Vietnam War era ⓘ late 1960s United States ⓘ

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Resurrection City → hasAlternativeName → Resurrection City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Resurrection City, U.S.A.

Poor People’s Campaign → hasPart → Resurrection City ⓘ