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Poor People's Campaign

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/poor-peoples-campaign

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. What is the year of major mobilization?

  2. 2. What is the key figure post-assassination?

  3. 3. Who started the Poor People's Campaign?

  4. 4. Why did the Poor People's Campaign create a camp called Resurrection City?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Economic Justice

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

  • Guaranteed Annual Income

  • Systemic Poverty

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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