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Events on Sunday 12 May 1968 1
1968Poor People's CampaignMultiracial march on Washington for economic justicePlanned by Martin Luther King Jr before his death and carried out by Ralph Abernathy, the campaign brought thousands of demonstrators to Washington DC to demand economic justice for the poor. Protesters built a shantytown called Resurrection City on the National Mall. It ended when police cleared the encampment in late June.