Demonstrators participating in the Poor People’s March at Lafayette Park and on Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC 1968
IN June, I took part in a huge protest march. In doing so, however, I broke no lockdown rules. It was due to have taken place along the Mall in Washington DC but instead, like so much else this year, it took place online.
The Poor Peoples’ Campaign has been several years in the planning. Indeed, some would say that it has been under construction since 1967. In November of that year, Martin Luther King Jr announced plans for a gathering of people from all races to gather in the nation’s capital.