Skip to main content

The timeline can be navigated with the “Scroll Left” and “Scroll Right” buttons or by dragging the pointer to a date on the timeline waveform (located at the bottom of the screen on the desktop version and on the left of the screen on mobile). To filter by a particular topic and see a smaller section of the data, make a selection on the dropdown “Filters” menu or click “Search” to do a keyword search. Hover over the abbreviated filter tags in the blue boxes to see the complete name of the filter, or click a filter to display all the data with this tag. If you want to take a deeper dive into a specific topic by viewing a narrative essay page and a curated timeline, click on “Stories.”

Read More

Poor People's Campaign emerges.

Date: 1968

POV
RES

The launch of the campaign is led by thousands of women marching on Washington, D.C. The campaign also sets up a tent city on the National Mall, which remains an occupation site for over a month.

The campaign focuses on building at scale by implementing small, concrete changes, such as free food donations and avenues for employing people living in poverty.