Poor People’s March Editorial

Poor People’s March Editorial
News and Courier editorial criticizing the Poor People’s March that came through Charleston in 1968, a month after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. The SCLC’s march was a caravan from across the country, culminating in a mass demonstration in Washington, DC, to support more aid to America’s poor. “Suspicions of Communist influence in the Poor People’s March on Washington has received official attention,” the editorial announced. | Source: The News and Courier, Charleston Thursday May 23, 1968.
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