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Martin Luther King, Jr. in Marks, Mississippi - 1967

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Page 1: Martin Luther King, Jr. in Marks, Mississippi - 1967

Martin Luther King, Jr. in Marks, Mississippi - 1967

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“Right then, King resolved that the

mule train for Washington would leave from Marks.”

Taylor Branch

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Mule Train to Washington, D.C. - 1968

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Mule Train to Washington, D.C. - 1968

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Mule Train to Washington, D.C. - 1968

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Resurrection City on the D.C. Lawn - 1968

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Resurrection City Daycare

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Resurrection City Residents - 1968

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Resurrection City on the D.C. Lawn - 1968

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Poor People’s Campaign – 1968

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National Council of Churches Supporting the Poor People’s Campaign

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“ There are millions of poor people in this country who have very

little, or even nothing, to lose. If they can be helped to take action together, they will do so with a

freedom and a power that will be a new and unsettling force in our

complacent national life. ” - Martin Luther King, Jr

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Coalition of Immokalee Workers – Immokalee, Florida

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Domestic Workers United

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Zapatista March Chiapas, Mexico 1999

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Re-igniting the Poor People’s Campaign – 2008

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Poverty InitiativeUnion Theological Seminary

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