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On May 21, 1968, a tent city known as Resurrection City” is set up in support of the Poor People’s Campaign (see timeline entry for December 4, 1967), lasting for six weeks.

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Reference:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_People%27s_Campaign

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