King rallies support for Poor People’s Campaign 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 19 1968)


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(Tuesday, March 19, 1968; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — Civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr., returned to Marks, Mississippi, today as part of his people-to-people tour of the nation to rally support for his Poor People’s Campaign, declaring, “I want some of you all to go to Washington with us, even if you have to bring your whole family.”