The 1968 "Poor People?s Campaign" for reforms in welfare, employment and housing policies was led in Washington, D.C., by this civil rights leader:
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Huey P. Newton
Rev. Martin Luther King
Stokely Carmichael
Dr. Ralph Abernathy
Dr. Ralph Abernathy.
The 1968 "Poor People?s Campaign? for reforms in welfare, employment and housing policies was led in Washington, D.C. by Dr. Ralph Abernathy, successor to Rev. Martin Luther King as head of the Southern Christian Leadership conference. The Poor People?s Campaign began April 29, 1968 — less than a month after the assassination of King — and concluded on June 23.
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