There are 3 article(s) tagged National Poor People's Campaign:

• May 2022

  • Poor People’s Campaign continues King’s work: ‘We need a resurrection’

    In 1968, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Memphis to support the sanitation workers’ strike as part of the campaign.

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    National Civil Rights Museum launches ‘Solidarity Now!’ exhibit

    By Christin Yates May 23, 2022

  • National Civil Rights Museum launches ‘Solidarity Now!’ exhibit

    The national tour of “Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People’s Campaign” debuted at the Memphis museum in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. 

    By Jasmine McCraven May 23, 2022

• April 2021

  • National Poor People’s Campaign leader says no to Byhalia Pipeline

    ‘Not here, not now, not ever on our watch,' said Rev. Dr. William Barber II during a rally Sunday protesting the Byhalia Connection Pipeline that would go through majority Black, poor neighborhoods in southwest Memphis. 

    By Daja E. Henry April 18, 2021