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Good news: For 40 days in 30 US cities, King's Poor People's Campaign lives again
From the article:
Under sweltering 94-degree heat in front of the General Assembly building, a hardy group of progressive activists gathered to revive the 40-day Poor People’s Campaign, the civil disobedience movement founded 50 years ago by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2018/05/14/echoing-king-activists-revive-a-poor-peoples-campaign-for-equality-and-justice/
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the birthplace of civil rights!
Organized by ministers and churches, same as today (Rev. Barber et al.). 