The SCLC supported the strike by hospital workers in Charleston, SC, since it aligned with the same goal as the Poor People’s Campaign, of combatting economic inequities. SCLC staffers who came to support the march included Andrew Young and Septima Clark, whom Young later described as “a staff person who knew intimately the personalities and tendencies of black and white leadership in Charleston.” | Source: Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC. Download Original File
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Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC.
