SCLC Poor People's Campaign
Date1968
Artist
Herman "Kofi" Bailey
(American artist, 1931–1981)
Illustration CitationPoster for Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Poor People's Campaign, 1968.
MediumOffset lithograph
Dimensions21 3/8 × 15 in. (54.3 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lucinda and David Pollack, 2020
Object number2020-59
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Label TextIn 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for a “revolution of values” in America. He hoped to build a broad coalition movement that united poor communities across the country. The Poor People's March on Washington and the protest camp that occupied the Washington Mall for six weeks in spring 1968 were organized by King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, who commissioned this poster from African American artist Herman "Kofi" Bailey.
