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Poor People's Campaign

Background:

In the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, the fate of his final cause, the Poor People's Campaign, faced an uncertain future. As chairman of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), King committed the organization's resources to the Poor People's Campaign in 1967, in response to the string of urban riots that had recently occurred in New York, New Jersey, Chicago and Los Angeles. The goal of the campaign was to emphasize the plight of the poor and to push the country's lawmakers to pass federal legislation to improve the economic and social conditions of the impoverished. At the time of King's death, members of the SCLC were in the midst of planning a massive demonstration of the nation's poor in Washington, D.C. Following King's assassination, Ralph Abernathy took over leadership of the SCLC and vowed to continue work on the Poor People's Campaign in memory of his fallen colleague. In May of 1968, demonstrators descended on the nation's capitol, arriving by foot, car, bus, horse-drawn carriage, and mule train. While in Washington, the protestors lived in Resurrection City, an encampment set up on the National Mall, which maintained dining and daycare facilities, a dispensary, and its own City Hall. For the next six weeks, thousands of participants poured into Resurrection City and staged daily demonstrations at the offices of government officials and their agencies. Despite the efforts of the organizers and participants, the Poor People's Campaign and their march on Washington failed to garner the intended response from the country's legislators. On June 19, 1968, following a demonstration at Lincoln Memorial, Resurrection City closed and the Poor People's Campaign reached an uneventful end.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection (Albert Gore Research Center (Middle Tennessee State University))
  • Letter on Law and Order, 1 (Text)
• Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library. (Digital Library of Georgia)
  • --Even worst, suppose this ? was on the ballot box in your district?-- / Baldy, [1968 May 13]. (Editorial cartoons)
  • Hot pursuit / Baldy, [1968 June 18] (Editorial cartoons)
• Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine (Proctor Library)
  • J. T. Johnson : Video Interview (Interviews)
• Encyclopedia of Alabama (Encyclopedia of Alabama)
  • Coretta Scott King (Articles)
• Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001 (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Oral history interview with Krendell Petway Dendy and Reverend Alfonso K. Petway, 2001 (Oral histories)
• Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, (1911-1985), Papers, 1929-2003 (University of South Carolina)
  • Speech, January 15, 1981, Birthday Celebration, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Wofford College (Text)
• Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • Albert Turner speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Albert Turner speaking to Richard Boone during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Hosea Williams speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Hosea Williams speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience members applauding at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, during a meeting where Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience seated in the balcony at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience seated in the balcony at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience seated in the balcony at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience seated in the balcony at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Audience seated in the balcony at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Cameraman filming Martin Luther King, Jr., speak at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Cameraman filming Martin Luther King, Jr., speak at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Cameraman filming Martin Luther King, Jr., speak at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Cameraman filming Martin Luther King, Jr., speak at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Don Jelinek and Theophilus Smith shaking hands outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Don Jelinek and Theophilus Smith shaking hands outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Don Jelinek and Theophilus Smith standing outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Don Jelinek and Theophilus Smith standing outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Don Jelinek standing outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Don Jelinek standing outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Don Jelinek standing with another man outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Don Jelinek standing with another man outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Don Jelinek standing with another man outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Hosea Williams, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other men, standing in the parking lot outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Hosea Williams, Richard Boone, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other men, in the parking lot outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Hosea Williams speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Hosea Williams speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Hosea Williams speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Hosea Williams speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Hosea Williams speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Hosea Williams speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Hosea Williams speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Hosea Williams speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • L. L. Anderson, Albert Turner, and other men, seated on the stage at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • L. L. Anderson and others, standing on the steps outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • L. L. Anderson greeting Martin Luther King, Jr., as he enters Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • L. L. Anderson greeting Martin Luther King, Jr., as he enters Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • L. L. Anderson speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • L. L. Anderson speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • L. L. Anderson speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man in an audience, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man, possibly Hosea Williams, speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man seated at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man seated at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man sitting in an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man sitting in an audience at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man sitting in an audience at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man sitting in an audience at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man sitting in an audience, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man sitting in the balcony at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man standing in the audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably during a speech by Hosea Williams. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., and other men, standing in the parking lot outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., and others entering Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, before a meeting. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., and others entering Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, before a meeting. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., and others outside Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, before a meeting. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, standing and talking to one another during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, standing and talking to one another during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, walking to the stage before a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being fitted with a microphone before speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., being interviewed at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., Hosea Williams, and other men, walking through a parking lot toward Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., Hosea Williams, and other men, walking through a parking lot toward Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Boone, and others entering Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, before a meeting. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and shaking hands with a man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and shaking hands with a man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and shaking hands with a man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and shaking hands with a man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and shaking hands with a man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and shaking hands with a woman during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and speaking to a couple during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and speaking to a young man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and speaking to a young man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and speaking to a young man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and speaking to a young man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and speaking to a young man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and speaking with a woman during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated and speaking with a woman during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., seated during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., shaking hands with a man in the parking lot outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., sitting behind the podium during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., sitting behind the podium during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a man during a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to a young man and woman beside a car outside a house in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to an audience at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., standing and speaking to a man during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., standing with L. L. Anderson and another man during a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., standing with L. L. Anderson and another man during a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., standing with L. L. Anderson and another man during a meeting at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., with L. L. Anderson in an anteroom at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Men in an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Men sitting in an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Hosea Williams speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Men sitting in the balcony at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Men standing around a car in the parking lot outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Men standing around a car in the parking lot outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Norman Lumpkin, news director for WRMA radio, holding a microphone while Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Norman Lumpkin, news director for WRMA radio, holding a microphone while Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Norman Lumpkin, news director for WRMA radio, holding a microphone while Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks to a crowd at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Richard Boone speaking to Albert Turner during a meeting at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Theophilus Smith standing outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Theophilus Smith standing outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Theophilus Smith standing outside Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Two men in an audience, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Woman sitting in an audience at Maggie Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, probably listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Young man sitting in a chair behind Martin Luther King, who is speaking to a crowd at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama. (Black-and-white photographs)
• March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
  • Oral History Interview with Adolph Arms, August 17, 2007, part I (Audio)
  • Oral History Interview with Margaret (Peggy) Rozga, August 19, 2008, part II (Audio)
  • Oral History Interview with Mary Arms, July 29, 2007, part I (Audio)
  • Oral History Interview with Mary Arms, July 29, 2007, part II (Audio)
• Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights (Nashville Public Library)
  • Photograph of participants in the Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968 May 08 (Black-and-white photographs)
• New Georgia Encyclopedia (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
  • Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) (Articles)
• Voices of Civil Rights (Library of Congress)
  • Poor People's March at Lafayette Park and on Connecticut Avenue (Black-and-white photographs)
• WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
  • Abernathy says the march to Washington will be re-routed through Memphis. (News)
  • Abernathy talks about poor people's march to Washington. (Moving images)
  • Coretta King on the Poor People's Campaign in D.C. Joe Boone leading service before buses leave for D.C. (1968). (news)
  • Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of activities organized for Poor People's Campaign participants visiting Atlanta and a Poor People's Campaign rally with speakers Coretta Scott King, Ralph D. Abernathy and Hosea Williams, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968 May 9 (news)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of African Americans celebrating and demonstrating as they prepare for the Poor People's March on Washington, 1968 (news)