EPISODE · Jul 26, 2020 · 1H 11M
Poor People's Campaign Part 1
from Distorted History Podcast · host Distorted History Podcast
In the late 1960s Martin Luther King's Jr's focused moved beyond more traditional Civil Rights issues and instead focusing increasingly on the problem of poverty in America. To bring attention to the plight of America's poor of all colors King planned another march on Washington DC but this new focus and his opposition to the Vietnam war only made him more enemies.Please Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected]@DistortedHistorhttps://twitter.com/DistortedHistorIf you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryAlso if you are able to and want to you can donate to one of these organizationsBlack Lives Mattershttps://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019NAACP Legal Defense and Education fundhttps://www.naacpldf.org/ National Police Accountability Projecthttps://www.nlg-npap.org/ Colin Kaepernick;s Know Your Rights Camp Legal Initiativehttps://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/legal National Bail Fund Network https://bailfunds.github.io/Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory
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In the late 1960s Martin Luther King's Jr's focused moved beyond more traditional Civil Rights issues and instead focusing increasingly on the problem of poverty in America. To bring attention to the plight of America's poor of all colors King planned another march on Washington DC but this new focus and his opposition to the Vietnam war only made him more enemies.Please Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected]@DistortedHistorhttps://twitter.com/DistortedHistorIf you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryAlso if you are able to and want to you can donate to one of these organizationsBlack Lives Mattershttps://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019NAACP Legal Defense and Education fundhttps://www.naacpldf.org/ National Police Accountability Projecthttps://www.nlg-npap.org/ Colin Kaepernick;s Know Your Rights Camp Legal Initiativehttps://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/legal National Bail Fund Network https://bailfunds.github.io/Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information:https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistoryPlease Rate and Review the podcastTo contact me:Email: [email protected] @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistorBluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.socialIf you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory
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