King promotes Poor People’s Campaign in Harlem 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 26 1968)


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(Tuesday, March 26, 1968; during the African-American civil rights movement (1954–1968)) — Civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. was met with some indifference today in the Harlem section of New York City as he continued his people-to-people tour of the nation to rally support for his Poor People’s Campaign.