Martin Luther King1959
Visits India to study nonviolence and civil disobedience
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Visits India to study nonviolence and civil disobedience
King, representing the SCLC, is among the leaders of the so-called "Big Six" civil rights organisations who are instrumental in the organisation of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Delivers "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington attended by 200,000 protesters, creates powerful image, builds momentum for civil rights legislation
King turns toward economic issues; SCLC moves civil rights struggle to the North; opens Chicago office to organize protests against housing and employment discrimination. Growing popularity of the black power movement, blacks stressing self-reliance and self-defense, indicates King's influence was declining, especially among young blacks
King plans Poor Peoples Campaign; advocates redistribution of wealth to eradicate black poverty
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