tnn_npldl_bn_1968-1209-n14 bn_1968-1209-n14 npldl tnn yes Photograph of participants in the Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, 1968 May 08 Gunter, Jack African Americans--Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville Poor People's Campaign Student protesters--Tennessee--Nashville Demonstrations--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights--Tennessee--Nashville Civil rights workers--Tennessee--Nashville African Americans--Tennessee--Nashville--History--Sources Segregation--Tennessee--Nashville Activists--American--Tennessee--Nashville Protest movements--Tennessee--Nashville Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Social conditions Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources A photograph of participants in the 1968 Poor People's March, Nashville, Tennessee, May 8, 1968. In March 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. announced plans for the Poor People's Campaign for the purposes of organizing and uniting the poor across racial lines as well as calling national conscience to granting aid to the American poor. Demonstrators arrived in Washington, DC from nine major caravans that included modes of transportation from Greyhound buses to mule-drawn wagons. The Poor People's Campaign was one of the major priorities of Dr. King's final years and eventually was headed by Reverend Ralph Abernathy. Nashville, Tenn. : Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County. Special Collections Division Civil Rights Online Collection (Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County. Special Collections Division) 2006 Black-and-white photographs http://digital.library.nashville.org/u?/nr,562 image/tiff 1 photo neg. : b&w ; 35 mm. Nashville Banner Archives, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library. Forms part of online collection: Civil Rights Online Collection. 1968-05-08 Nashville (Tenn.) Davidson County (Tenn.) U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782. 20090526 204853