June 24th...The Resurrection City of Washington, D.C.

We examine the year 1968 as protesters and demonstrators are forced to leave Resurrection City.

Had some audio issues with this one... 

 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

 

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Interviews remembering Resurrection City:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remembering-poor-peoples-campaign-180968742/

http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/05/08/1968_resurrection/

 

Sources:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/resurrection-city.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/us/martin-luther-king-resurrection-city.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_People's_Campaign

 

Photo: 

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/02/08/even-poverty-ancient-history-resurrection-city-1968/