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The Campaigner newsletter

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-317

Scope and Contents

Folder including newsletters and letters from The Campaigner in 1968, a Philadelphia newsletter from the Poor People's Campaign organized by the Philadelphia Christian Leadership Conference. These newsletters dissminated information on the ideology and goals of the Poor People's Campaign as outlined by Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy and encouraged readers to participate in the Poor People's March, giving them resources on how to travel and stay in Washington D.C. for the demonstration. Other content in the newsletters include discussions of the economic struggles of the working class, US economic policy, civil rights, and mobilizing readers to donate to the campaign and various other poverty relief projects.

Dates

  • Creation: 1968

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Biographical / Historical

The Poor People’s Campaign, created in 1967 by Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, and the rest of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was a political movement focused on addressing economic struggles of the American working class in housing and employment which culminated in the Poor People’s March in 1968 in Washington D.C.. The campaign focused on “[incorporating] interracial class issues and economic goals” (Britannica) and using nonviolent protest and civil disobedience.

The Philadelphia Christian Leadership Conference distributed flyers and newsletters contained in this collection to inform the local community of the Poor People's Campaign, as well as to encourage locals to become a part of protests for this movement in Washington DC. The newsletter advertised buses to protests, free child care for protesters, the names of food collection centers for people to donate to the movement, as well as asking for volunteers for the overall cause. Sourced from: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Poor-Peoples-March https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/poor-peoples-campaign

Extent

0.016 linear ft. (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Folder including newsletters and letters from The Campaigner in 1968.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically

Acquisition

Unknown acquisition, contextual evidence shows the library subscribed to the newsletter.

Processing Information

Processed by Janet Hernandez-Romero and Alan Ramirez, completed September 2023

Title
The Campaigner newsletter
Author
Janet Hernandez-Romero and Alan Ramirez
Date
September, 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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