(CIVIL RIGHTS) Group of 37 press photographs of Resurrection

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Group of 37 press photographs of Resurrection City. Most 8 x 10 inches, a few smaller; most captioned in image, most blank on verso, a few with inked United Press International stamps, a few with mimeographed captions attached, minor wear and light curling. Washington, DC, May-June 1968

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In the month after the King assassination, the Poor People's Campaign set up a tent city on the Washington mall called Resurrection City, hoping to draw national attention to the related issues of poverty and prejudice. Among the organizers, speakers, and visitors shown in these photographs are Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Ralph Abernathy, Coretta Scott King, and Resurrection City's young leader, the Rev. Jesse Jackson.