This minisode is a continuation of last week’s episode, the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike. STEPHANIE chats about MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign, the event that brought him to Memphis.
America's Moral Malady
How A Mule Train From Marks, Miss., Kicked Off MLK's Poor People Campaign : NPR
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Last March: the Poor People's Campaign - The Atlantic
May 12, 1968: The Poor People's Campaign Began - Zinn Education Project
14 Policy Priorities to Heal the Nation: A Moral and Economic Agenda for the First 100 Days – Poor People's Campaign
ALSO MENTIONED: Care Bears,John Lewis, JFK’s final memo, eyeholes, Zillow, hairless cat, John Birch Society, Burning Man, Operation Mongoose, Herstory on the Rocks podcast, Bayard Rustin, ERA, Bonus Army, LBJ’s legacy, Joe Kennedy III, staying up in Joe Manchin’s dumb ass, and the Kenndey curse = the FBI.
For more info on the contemporary Poor People's Campaign’s march in DC THIS June:
Poor People's Campaign
For more info on episodes referenced:
Operation Mongoose — The Podcast — Beyond Reproach
Operation Northwoods — The Podcast — Beyond Reproach
Fred Hampton — The Podcast — Beyond Reproach
Business Plot (Bonus Army) — The Podcast — Beyond Reproach
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