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Resurrection City: A Historic Movement for Civil Rights

Explore the iconic Mule Train to Washington, D.C. in 1968 and the formation of Resurrection City, a symbol of the Poor People's Campaign. Learn about the powerful activism of Martin Luther King Jr. and the lasting impact of this movement.

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Resurrection City: A Historic Movement for Civil Rights

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  1. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Marks, Mississippi - 1967

  2. “Right then, King resolved that the mule train for Washington would leave from Marks.” Taylor Branch

  3. Mule Train to Washington, D.C. - 1968

  4. Mule Train to Washington, D.C. - 1968

  5. Mule Train to Washington, D.C. - 1968

  6. Resurrection City on the D.C. Lawn - 1968

  7. Resurrection City Daycare

  8. Resurrection City Residents - 1968

  9. Resurrection City on the D.C. Lawn - 1968

  10. Poor People’s Campaign – 1968

  11. National Council of Churches Supporting the Poor People’s Campaign

  12. “ There are millions of poor people in this country who have very little, or even nothing, to lose. If they can be helped to take action together, they will do so with a freedom and a power that will be a new and unsettling force in our complacent national life. ” - Martin Luther King, Jr

  13. Coalition of Immokalee Workers – Immokalee, Florida

  14. Domestic Workers United

  15. Zapatista March Chiapas, Mexico 1999

  16. Re-igniting the Poor People’s Campaign – 2008

  17. Poverty Initiative Union Theological Seminary www.povertyinititive.org poverty@uts.columbia.edu (212)280-1439

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