Word: resurrectione
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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In an elm-lined meadow between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, the 15-acre "Resurrection City" slowly began to take shape last week. As thousands of poor Negroes, Indians, Mexican Americans and a few Appalachian whites wound toward the capital in eight separate caravans from as far off...
The enterprise could not be under rated as an imaginative appeal to the nation's conscience, but it was clearly headed for trouble. An air of bedlam hung over the encampment. There were too few shelters. Sewage lines were uncompleted. Only two shower units were available to the nearly...
As headquarters of the Poor People's Campaign-the last project launched by the late Martin Luther King Jr-the shantytown is designed to prod Congress into taking action on behalf of the nearly 30 million poor Americans. To ensure that Congress gets the message, the poor will stage...
Leadership is a definite problem too. Abernathy has been on the road almost constantly since the campaign reached Washington. In charge at Resurrection City is the Rev. James Bevel, a bright man, but hardly an inspiring leader.
The original tactic of keeping demands vague has caused trouble in the ranks. The poor people at Resurrection City have very little idea what their leaders are after, and they are left with a feeling of confusion and a lack of direction. Many came to Washington to escape poverty at...