Martin Luther King Jr.
“Fight poverty, not the poor!”: Thousands rally in Washington DC
Labor unions, civil society and religious groups joined the Poor People’s Campaign on June 18 to demand justice and redressal for the 140 million people in the US facing poverty and growing insecurity
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
King led various civil rights movements across the country calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
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