Poor+People's+Campaign

The Poor People's campaign was organized by Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The main purpose of it was to address the issues of economic justice and housing for the less fortunate in the U.S. This campaign help the poor and their needs and uniting all races and look towards the future for a solution. This was also the second phase of the Civil Rights movement since the first had exposed the problems of segregation. The Campaign began during a 5 day retreat on November 27th 1967 in Frogmore,South Carolina. They held on to the commitment of non-violence during this time also. Many involved with this movement were women but people of different races ethnicities and backgrounds came out to help. From Illinois to Mississippi. In the end King was assassinated and things starred to fall apart months later. "Resurrection city" had been set up and in mid June it was shut down and the economic bill was never passed.

In December 04 1967 ,Dr Martin Luther King JR. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized a Poor People's Campaign to address issues of economic justice and housing for the poor in the United States.The Poor People's Campaign did not focus on just poor black people but addressed all poor people.Martin Luther King jr. labeled the Poor People's Campaign the "second phase," of the civil rights struggle - setting goals such as gathering activists to lobby Congress for an "Economic Bill of Rights," Dr. King also saw a crying need to confront a Congress that had demonstrated its "hostility to the poor " - appropriating "military funds with alacrity and generosity," but providing "poverty funds with miserliness."


 * BY: *//Katherine De La Cruz*//**