The Story of the original Poor People’s Campaign: 4 December 1967

This day marks the founding of the original Poor People’s Campaign in 1967. We must always remember their courage and sacrifice. Soldiers of the civil and human rights movements and movements of Indigenous, Puerto Ricans, Appalachians, and Chicanas/os were at the core of the struggle in this new ”Washington Campaign.”*

* Martin Luther King, Jr., “Press Conference on Washington Campaign” (Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 4 December 1967).