The Great Society versus the Poor People's Campaign
The Great Society versus the Poor People's Campaign
- King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, it was later denounced as top-down and out of touch with the realities that faced the American poor. This eventually led King to declare a different approach to addressing economic inequality by announcing a “Poor People's Campaign” led by the poor themselves.
- King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, it was later denounced as top-down and out of touch with the realities that faced the American poor. This eventually led King to declare a different approach to addressing economic inequality by announcing a “Poor People's Campaign” led by the poor themselves.