Archives for poor-peoples-campaign-1968

“A New and Unsettling Force”: The Leadership of the Poor

By Willie Baptist and Dan Jones

What is the leadership of the poor and how are the poor…
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Soul Force and the Catonsville Nine: Berrigan and King in 1968

By Nicholas Laccetti

May 1968 is the 50th anniversary of both the Poor People's Campaign…
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We Shall See What Will Become of His Dreams: On the Day After the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr. King

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

The dreamer was slain. What became of his dream? Today we are…
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Dr. King’s Prescription for Bringing the Kerner Commission’s Findings to Life

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

Dr. King knew that it would be the poor taking action together…
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The Struggle Has Not Stopped: The New Poor People’s Campaign in Marks, Mississippi

By Noam Sandweiss-Back

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival began its…
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Consuming King: The Misuse of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Drum Major Instinct”

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

The Kairos Center's Colleen Wessel-McCoy on the misuse of Rev. Dr. Martin…
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“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” A Sermon Celebrating Dr. King

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Colleen Wessel-McCoy grapples with the…
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New Year’s 2018: Resolving to Stand Up to Caesar

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

Like January 7, 2018, fifty years ago today — January 7, 1968 —…
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America at a Crossroads of History: The December 4, 1967 Announcement of the Poor People’s Campaign

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

Fifty years ago, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared with the…
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“By the Thousands We Will Move”: Online Seminar with Dr. Colleen Wessel McCoy

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

On Friday, December 1 at 1 PM EST, join us for an…
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When Jesus Says Love He Means It: Excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 Frogmore speech on its 50th Anniversary

By Colleen Wessel-McCoy

50 years ago, in his Frogmore "Staff Retreat Speech," Martin Luther King…
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The Last Week of Jesus Christ and the Last Year of Martin Luther King

By Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

The 50th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam”…
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