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Coretta Scott King addressing a Poor People’s Campaign rally from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on June 19, 1968. She told the nearly 50,000-strong crowd that “racism, poverty and war” combined to make matters worse for poor black and white people alike.

Coretta Scott King addressing a Poor People’s Campaign rally from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on June 19, 1968. She told the nearly 50,000-strong crowd that “racism, poverty and war” combined to make matters worse for poor black and white people alike. Photo by Bettmann, Getty Images