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Recalling the scene of coming to national mall in May to film poverty alleviation activities, Robert Houston's eyes were a little blurred. The movement conceived by Dr. Martin Luther King is a multicultural struggle for economic justice for the poor in our country. King was assassinated on April 4 of the previous month, but the organizers continued to encourage Africans, Mexicans and Native Americans, Puerto Ricans, Asians and poor whites from Appalachia and rural areas to come to Washington to participate in this epic event.

To commemorate the city of resurrection and the movement of the poor 1968, when Robert Kennedy announced the assassination of Martin Luther King, a mural hanging in the African American History Museum recalled the rise of the city of resurrection "KDSP". "People fall from all directions in the United States, which is a bit scary. Stranger. People they don't know or hardly know, they really don't care about each other. But the only thing they did on Monday was that they had nowhere to go, "said Houston, who reported the incident for Life magazine. "You are there for a purpose. You suffer as much as anyone else. So it can be tolerated. But there is little trust between people, because they are strangers. Houston arrived there two or three days earlier than Resurrection City, and a live activity in a shanty town was even set up on the national mall for six weeks. But he saw something that made it easier for him to understand the depth of the movement and the extent to which people promised to support each other. First, Houston met a group of African-American teenagers. They turned over a newspaper and wondered if he could read it to them. Later, when he continued to take pictures, he saw something unusual.

"A white man held up a sign of peace and said,' Good morning, brother'. When talking about Camadelli's unexpected appearance, Houston said: "This is exciting and terrible. Then something happened in front of the judicial department. A black man who didn't participate in the * * * activity in the Easter City participated in * * *, and the police on both sides of the street were watching. " He raised his right hand and clenched his fist. He just said, "Black is beautiful". The police rushed in and pinned him to the ground. I took this photo and four policemen came up to me. I started to back off and heard someone say "Tell our story". I turned around and looked back at hundreds of people. I don't know.

Pastor Jesse Jackson (a gift from Robert and Greta Houston), the woman in front of the tent, Resurrection City (a gift from Robert and Greta Houston), a woman with children, Resurrection City (a gift from Robert and Greta Houston)? Robert Houston) Easter City, 1968(NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, Greta? Robert Houston) Easter City, 1968(NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, Greta? Robert Houston) The Girl in the Yellow Scarf and The Resurrected City (NMAAHC, The Gift of Robert and Houston, Greta? Robert Houston) Plastic sheets were placed in temporary shelters (NMAAHC, gifts from Robert and Houston, Greta,? Robert Houston) got a haircut in Easter City (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, Greta? Robert Houston) digging trenches, resurrecting the city (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, Greta? Robert Houston) Building a temporary shelter in the Resurrection City (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, Greta,? Robert Houston) Mad Bear Anderson (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, Greta) wearing traditional Native American headdress, and (c) Robert Houston's photos of Houston, some of which are rarely or never seen before, are on display in a new exhibition called "City of Hope: City of Resurrection and 1968 Poverty Movement". The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is organizing this exhibition. The new program "American Democracy: A Leap of Faith" explores the history of citizen participation. Action Plan for Democracy and Peace Action Plan for Democracy and Peace City of Hope showed a film made by Hearst Company that had never been shown in public. The film showed how about 3,500 people built and lived in the tent city. It is so big that us postal service sent a postal code to the settlement agreement. A video shows a caravan pulled by a mule carrying people from Marquez, Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee to attend the king's memorial service, and then to Washington, D.C. and Easter City.

We found about two and a half hours of video. Aaron Bryant, the curator of "City of Hope", explained that in order to match the narrative of the exhibition, he made some choices and shortened the exhibition time to about 15 minutes. He added that it is very important for the project team of the museum to pay attention to the activities of * * * as a multicultural movement during the transition period of the civil rights movement. Bryant said:

"You know, anything related to labor, or anything related to unemployment benefits or medical care, will affect all of us, our quality of life, and our ability to truly realize the American dream." . "We're not just talking about something completely racist, even if it is," Kim said. All the other campaign organizers said. We will show you how the problems that affect Chicano and Mexican immigrant farmers affect you, a white Mississippi. I think this is one of the reasons why this sport is so incredible.

Pastor Frederick Douglass kirkpatrick (gifts from NMAAHC, Robert and Greta Houston) has a gift from Newark, New Jersey (gifts from NMAAHC, Robert and Greta Houston) and a plywood tent with lyrics "You can't let us down" and "In Resurrection City". (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, greta) At Lincoln Memorial (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, greta), a bus and a gift from Easter City (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, greta), Robert Houston Easter City (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, greta? Robert Houston) Easter City (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, Greta? Robert Houston) Flood Shelter (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Houston, Greta? Robert Houston) Reverend Ralph David Abernathy (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Greta, Greta Houston (all rights reserved), a gift from Jesse Jackson and james brown in the cultural tent of the poor movement (NMAAHC, a gift from Robert and Greta Houston), (Robert Houston) Bryant said that the "City of Hope" intends to turn different projects from different Smithsonian museums and the poor movement into a pluralistic element. In a tent in Easter City, there is a huge panel with a red and yellow peace sign painted on it, and a blue-green symbol next to it, which reminds people of an Asian dragon. There are too many lapel buttons, placards and murals. Here are the singles and lyrics of Jimmy Collier and Rafe. Bryant said that Frederick Douglass kirkpatrick was responsible for the cultural planning of Easter City. There are also music recordings collected by Ralph Rinzler and the Smithsonian Center for Folk Life and Cultural Heritage.

There is even a surveillance video of Resurrection City shot by the US military signalman. When you first saw the aerial video taken in the camp, it looked like the same photo. But you're starting to see something different.

"The signalman went to the top of the Washington Monument, turned on the video recorder regularly during the day, and only recorded the video of Easter City," Bryant said, pointing to three sets of videos projected on the exhibition wall. "The first camp is the resurrection city within six weeks. You can still see the grass, which is relatively dry. In the middle is "Resurrection City". After the notorious rainstorm and flood, no grass can be seen anymore. Everything is brown and muddy. The last square is "Resurrection City", after it was demolished and people were evacuated.

But before the evacuation, there was a huge * * * * on June 1968. At the Lincoln Memorial Hall called "Unity Day", an ocean of 50,000 people poured out from there.

As impressive as the * * * activity of 1968, scholars like Bryant and other activists believe that the struggle against poverty and its impact must continue.

"One purpose of this exhibition is, you know, just because these movements took place in the 1960s doesn't mean that the struggle is over," Bryant said. "We gained rights and benefits in the 1960s because people really had to devote themselves to something, and they had to fight. Today. You have many people who consider themselves activists because they are activists on social media. This is very different from Marion Wright, who was 27 years old and graduated from Yale Law School for a year and decided to move to Mississippi. Fight for the rights of poor blacks.

Marianne Wright edelman and other civil rights activists, Ambassador Andrew Young and Ambassador Ralph Abernathy, are one of the organizers of the poor movement. Her husband, activist, lawyer and policy-maker, Peter edelman, said that there was still much work to be done as the country celebrated the King's birthday and the 50th anniversary of the poor movement.

"From World War II to the 1970s, we didn't have good jobs. China's deindustrialization has gone far from us. We are a low-wage country and there is no one in our leadership. Edelman said at the press conference that announced the opening of the exhibition "City of Hope" last week. There is a long list of things we need to do. We need to end mass imprisonment. We need to improve our education. We need affordable housing. There is a long list of things, but its absolute core is Jobs, just like 1963, just like 1968. The level of sacrifice people are willing to endure to change this country is shocking. As a historian who studies what many scholars consider to be the king's last human rights movement, Bang Qi said that part of the idea behind the "City of Hope" is to reintegrate the concept of poverty into the national discourse. It also reminds people all over the country that a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic group has formed movements of hurt and hope in a turbulent year, including the Vietnam War, the assassination of the king and Robert Kennedy.

"We tend to put those * * * people in a box. Bang Qi said: "What this movement says is that regardless of race, you all have responsibilities, because you all feel the pain and strength of poverty. "..." I think the challenge is that the idea 50 years ago was, on the one hand, you have to be * * * economic. On the other hand, you must create programs, whether to feed the hungry or even the boss. So the concept is that you must use both hands, not just the hands of economic opportunities.

Bang Qi said that the difference today is that there is no safety net; There is an idea that just creating economic opportunities is enough.

"In the end, this exhibition assumes that ordinary citizens can help the United States become a better place," Bang Qi said. In order to commemorate Dr. King's ultimate sacrifice, the best way is to cross those divided boundaries, racial, gender and ethnic boundaries and demand a fair and free America. "

A group of religious leaders, including priests. Dr William Barber and Rafe. Liz Theo Harris launched the latest version of a battle called "Poor People's Movement: A National Appeal for Moral Revival". This battle has been organized for months, a series of actions.