In his last months, King was organizing the most militant project of his life: the Poor Peoples Campaign. He crisscrossed the country to assemble a multiracial army of the poor that would descend on Washington — engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience at the Capitol, if need be — until Congress enacted a poor peoples bill of rights. Readers Digest warned of an insurrection. Kings economic bill of rights called for massive government jobs programs to rebuild Americas cities. He saw a crying need to confront a Congress that had demonstrated its hostility to the poor — appropriating military funds with alacrity and generosity, but providing poverty funds with miserliness. In this nation of immense wealth, the White House and Congress continue to accept the perpetuation of poverty. And so do most mass media. Perhaps its no surprise that they tell us little about the last years of Martin Luther Kings life.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 03:09:22 +0000
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