Poor People’s Campaign

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civil rights campaign political campaign protest movement social movement

The Poor People’s Campaign was a 1968 effort organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders to demand economic justice and anti-poverty measures for disadvantaged Americans through mass protest and civil disobedience.

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Label	Occurrences
Poor People's Campaign	3
Poor People’s Campaign canonical	3
Poor People's Campaign (planning phase)	1
Poor People’s Campaign (1968)	1
Poor People’s March on Washington	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights campaign ⓘ political campaign ⓘ protest movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
aimedAt	disadvantaged Americans ⓘ poor people of all races ⓘ rural poor ⓘ underemployed Americans ⓘ unemployed Americans ⓘ urban poor ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
demands	economic rights for the poor ⓘ expanded housing programs ⓘ fair minimum wage ⓘ guaranteed jobs program ⓘ increased federal spending on anti-poverty programs ⓘ living wage ⓘ
follows	American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: Civil Rights Movement
hasKeyEvent	erection of Resurrection City encampment ⓘ mass march on Washington, D.C. ⓘ occupation of the National Mall ⓘ
hasLocation	National Mall ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasPart	Resurrection City ⓘ
hasPurpose	address economic inequality in the United States ⓘ anti-poverty measures ⓘ economic justice ⓘ secure federal legislation to reduce poverty ⓘ
hasSlogan	A new and unsettling force ⓘ Jobs and income now ⓘ
inception	1968 ⓘ
inspiredBy	nonviolence philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
notableParticipant	Appalachian white activists ⓘ Coretta Scott King ⓘ Jesse Jackson ⓘ Latino activists ⓘ Native American activists ⓘ Ralph Abernathy ⓘ
opposes	economic injustice ⓘ systemic poverty ⓘ
organizedBy	Bayard Rustin ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Ralph Abernathy ⓘ Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ civil rights leaders ⓘ
partOf	American civil rights movement ⓘ
startTime	1968 ⓘ
timePeriod	1960s ⓘ
usesMethod	civil disobedience ⓘ mass protest ⓘ nonviolent direct action ⓘ

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American civil rights movement → hasPart → Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ

Ralph Abernathy → participatedIn → Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poor People's Campaign

Resurrection City → partOf → Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ

Resurrection City → movement → Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ

Resurrection City → significantEvent → Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poor People’s March on Washington

Memphis sanitation workers' strike → relatedTo → Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poor People's Campaign

Lorraine Motel → associatedWith → Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poor People's Campaign

Marks, Mississippi, United States → partOfEvent → Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: Marks, Mississippi

this entity surface form: Poor People’s Campaign (1968)

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech → partOf → Poor People’s Campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: I've Been to the Mountaintop

this entity surface form: Poor People's Campaign (planning phase)