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Anonymous ID: ff52b8 Jan. 22, 2019, 10:41 a.m. No.4862652   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Why was MLK Killed…

 

Could it be his effort to Unite all Poor People (black, white, asian, hispanics…) to Fight Oppression The Poor People's Campaign

 

"When King was assassinated in Memphis he was in the midst of building toward a national march on Washington, D.C. that would have brought tens of thousands of economically disenfranchised people to advocate for policies that would ameliorate poverty. This effort – known as the "Poor People's Campaign" – aimed to dramatically shift national priorities to the health and welfare of working peoples."

 

In May 1968, one month after King was killed, 7000 peaceful protesters set up a tent and plywood encampment on the National Mall in Washington DC, calling it "Resurrection City."

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=AP71gUdg8qQ

 

The Goals of the Poor People's Campaign, 1968

 

  1. A meaningful job at a living wage for every employable citizen.

  2. A secure and adequate income for all who cannot find jobs or for whom employment is inappropriate.

  3. Access to land as a means to income and livelihood.

  4. Access to capital as a means of full participation in the economic life of America.

  5. Recognition by law of the right of people affected by government programs to play a truly significant role in determining how they are designed and carried out.

  6. Recommit the Federal Government to the Full Employment Act of 1946 and legislate the immediate creation of at least one million socially useful career jobs in public service;

  7. Adopt the pending housing and urban development act of 1968;

  8. Repeal the 90th Congress's punitive welfare restrictions in the 1967 Social Security Act;

  9. Extend to all farm workers the right – guaranteed under the National Labor Relations Act - to organize agricultural labor unions;

  10. Restore budget cuts for bilingual education, Head Start, summer jobs, Economic Opportunity Act, Elementary and Secondary Education Acts.

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_poor.html