https://reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/1210 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/14082 <p>On February 29, 1968, The Kerner Commission issued its report on the root causes of urban rebellion in the United States. Though the report was a top-down response to inequality, it was not the only response to growing unrest in American cities. That same year, Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. planned the Poor People’s Campaign to address a lack of economic opportunity through grassroots organizing and demonstration. <span class='read-more'><a href="https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/14082" target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</strong></a></span></p> Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990 Civil rights--America King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Poor People&#039;s Campaign Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:36:49 -0500 mcourtney 14082 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7712 <p>Walter Reuther, members of the UAW Political Action Committee, clergymen and civil rights activists tour the shanty town set up on the National Mall to house people who traveled to Washington, DC to participate in the Poor People's Campaign.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7712#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:48 -0400 eclemens 7712 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7713 <p>Walter Reuther, members of the UAW Political Action committee and civil rights activists tour Resurrection City, a shanty town set up on the National Mall to house people who traveled to Washington DC for the Poor People’s Campaign. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7713#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:48 -0400 eclemens 7713 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7714 <p>Walter Reuther, members of the UAW Political Action committee, clergymen and civil rights activists tour Resurrection City, a shanty town set up on the National Mall to house people who traveled to Washington DC for the Poor People’s Campaign. The exterior of the shanty in view is painted with the slogan “Bread Free Forever - Give us the Day,” however it is unclear if the structure is someone’s shelter or a feeding station.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7714#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:48 -0400 eclemens 7714 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7715 <p>Reverend Jesse Douglas of Montgomery, Alabama sings to the delighted masses on the National Mall in Washington, DC during the Poor People’s Campaign. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7715#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:48 -0400 eclemens 7715 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7716 <p>Civil rights demonstrators from across the country converge on the National Mall in Washington, DC during the Poor People’s Campaign.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7716#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:51:48 -0400 eclemens 7716 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7711 <p>Civil rights demonstrators from across the country converge on the National Mall in Washington, DC during the Poor People’s Campaign.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7711#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:54 -0400 eclemens 7711 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7702 <p>Civil rights demonstrators from across the country converge on the National Mall during the Poor People’s Campaign. Groups represented in this shot are the National Association of Social Workers, Maryland Chapter; United Auto Workers (UAW); Indiana United Methodists; Episcopal Diocese of Newark, New Jersey; and the --and Street Settlement.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7702#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:25 -0400 eclemens 7702 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7703 <p>Civil rights demonstrators from across the country converge on the National Mall during the Poor People’s Campaign. Groups represented in this shot are the National Association of Social Workers, Maryland Chapter; United Auto Workers (UAW); Indiana United Methodists; Episcopal Diocese of Newark, New Jersey; National Association of Social Workers, Philadelphia Area Chapter; Bretheren Peace Fellowship; Newark, New Jersey Council of Churches. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7703#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:25 -0400 eclemens 7703 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7704 <p>Reverend Ralph Abernathy, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses the crowds outside of the Lincoln Memorial during the Poor People's Campaign. A key figure in the Poor People's Campaign from its inception, Rev. Abernathy would later be jailed for 20 days for refusing to comply with orders to evacuate Resurrection City.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7704#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:25 -0400 eclemens 7704 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7705 <p>Reverend Ralph Abernathy, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses the crowds outside of the Lincoln Memorial during the Poor People's Campaign. A key figure in the Poor People's Campaign from its inception, Rev. Abernathy would later be jailed for 20 days for refusing to comply with orders to evacuate Resurrection City.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7705#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:25 -0400 eclemens 7705 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7706 <p>An unidentified African American participant in the Poor People's Campaign listens to an unseen speaker on the National Mall, Washington, DC.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7706#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:25 -0400 eclemens 7706 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7707 <p>An unidentified Native American participant in the Poor People's Campaign wearing a traditional headdress.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7707#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:25 -0400 eclemens 7707 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7708 <p> An unidentified African American participant in the Poor People's Campaign holds a sign that reads "Heaven- Hunger- Hell- Operation Open City-Queens, New York."</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7708#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:25 -0400 eclemens 7708 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7709 <p>A pair of nuns pause to speak with an African American woman who wears a button commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Poor People's Campaign on the National Mall.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7709#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:25 -0400 eclemens 7709 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7710 <p>Civil rights demonstrators from across the country converge on the National Mall during the Poor People’s March. At right a sign can be seen that reads "I was a victim of Texas Ranger Brutality, May 26 1967 - Tina Krueger."</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7710#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:25 -0400 pneirink 7710 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7701 <p>Civil rights demonstrators from across the country converge on the National Mall in Washington, DC during the Poor People’s Campaign. At rear the Washington Memorial is in view.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7701#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:52:44 -0400 eclemens 7701 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7697 <p>A Native American man wearing traditional headdress and breastplate joins other participants in the Poor People's Campaign for a meal in a food tent.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7697#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:53:19 -0400 eclemens 7697 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7698 <p>Two women talk outside of a shanty in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. Two small children are present, including a baby in a crib. The exterior of the shanty is painted with the slogan "Detroit Souls - Solar Power."</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7698#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:53:19 -0400 eclemens 7698 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7699 <p>A mother winds up a toy to entertain her three small children inside of their shanty in Resurrection City. The walls of the shanty are decorated with clippings, drawings and photographs. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7699#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:53:19 -0400 eclemens 7699 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7700 <p>A pair of mud-caked shoes dry in the sun on the side of a shanty in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7700#comments African Americans Minorities--Civil rights Minorities--Housing Poor People&#039;s Campaign Poor People&#039;s Campaign, 1968 Poverty Race relations Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Urban Affairs Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:53:19 -0400 eclemens 7700 at https://reuther.wayne.edu