The Poor People's Campaign

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference began the Poor People’s Campaign as a way to highlight the disparities in the quality of life in the U.S., and its mission continues today. The Poor People’s Campaign organized in March to raise awareness for flood victims in the Mississippi Delta and the systemic poverty that plagues the area. Taylor Langele took these photos on March 23.

Homes near the Mississippi River Basin in Tchula, Miss., were completely submerged in late February, ...

Dr. William Laurence Lackey III was an original participant in the "Mule Train," the first ...

The Mileston Cooperative is the oldest cooperative in Mississippi and helps to serve those who ...

Geneva Williams, a resident of Tchula, Miss., for more than 50 years, does not have ...

Rosie King is a lifelong volunteer with the Poor People’s Campaign. Taylor Langele took this ...

Samuel Callahan came back to Tchula to retire; he know lives just outside the affected ...

"Sharecropping"-style homes are still common in the Delta. Dr. Lackey explained that residents are eager ...

The Poor People’s Campaign organized Mileston, Miss., as the hub for emergency supplies in the ...

Samuel Callahan says his family was forced out of their home due to food scarcity. ...

Floods overtook entire neighborhoods of mobile homes in the first week of March 2019, forcing ...

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The Poor People's Campaign

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