Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People's Campaign exhibit opens on Saturday, July 1, in the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Exhibition Hall of the Two Mississippi Museums, a Smithsonian Affiliate. Organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the National Museum of African American History and Culture and supported by the CVS Health Foundation, this traveling exhibit explores a pivotal grassroots movement of the civil rights era: the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968.
Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People's Campaign also examines the six-week protest community in Washington D.C. that called the nation’s attention to the effects of poverty on millions of Americans. Visitors will experience photographs, artifacts, documentaries, ambient audio, and graphics in addition to an interactive video with interviews of campaign participants, a 3D-printed model of Resurrection City, and a map of the nationwide caravan routes. The exhibit will close on Sunday, September 24.
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