At one point during this campaign, Bernard Lafayette confusingly claimed that three million dollars was necessary to complete the project. During it, the Committee of 100 told the State Department to cease relations with Portugal and South Africa. This campaign resulted in the creation of a "city where you don't pay taxes," which also had a "Soul Tent." It symbolically escalated in importance after thousands of people marched behind a mule-drawn wagon in Atlanta. Many participants set up the shantytown "Resurrection City" in Washington D.C. The man who originated the idea for this campaign died while leading a related sanitation strike in Memphis, with the SCLC initiating most of it after hi
At one point during this campaign, Bernard Lafayette confusingly claimed that three million dollars was necessary to complete the project. During it, the Committee of 100 told the State Department to cease relations with Portugal and South Africa. This campaign resulted in the creation of a "city where you don't pay taxes," which also had a "Soul Tent." It symbolically escalated in importance after thousands of people marched behind a mule-drawn wagon in Atlanta. Many participants set up the shantytown "Resurrection City" in Washington D.C. The man who originated the idea for this campaign died while leading a related sanitation strike in Memphis, with the SCLC initiating most of it after his death. For 10 points, name this 1968 campaign for economic justice conceived by Martin Luther King Jr. and carried out after his death.
At one point during this campaign, Bernard Lafayette confusingly claimed that three million dollars was necessary to complete the project.
{Poor People's} Campaign [prompt on {Resurrection City} until mentioned, prompt on {Memphis Sanitation Strike} until mentioned]