Plywood shacks in Resurrection City, an encampment constructed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the Poor People's Campaign.

A stack of wooden planks is in the foreground. This image was taken for (but not used in) the photo spread "Poverty Power in Washington," which appeared on page 3 of The Southern Courier for May 25-26, 1968. The issue is available online (not on the ADAH website): http://www.southerncourie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peppler, Jim
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/peppler/id/282