On this day in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. wept as he witnessed the abject poverty in Marks, Mississippi.
On this day in 1968 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 18, 2024 March 18, 1968 Mississippi Freedom Trail marker in Marks Martin Luther King Jr. wept at what he saw in Marks, Mississippi. He came as part of his Poor People’s Campaign, visiting impoverished places in the nation. Tears came to his eyes when he saw a teacher slicing a single apple to feed lunch to students, along with crackers. He also saw hundreds of Black children walking the street without shoes.
“People ought to come to Washington, sit down if necessary in the middle of the street and say, ‘We are here; we are poor; we don’t have any money; you have made us this way ... and we’ve come to stay until you do something about it.’”This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.The stories of investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell have helped put four Klansmen and a serial killer behind bars.
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