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DESCRIPTION:May 14, May 21, May 28, June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, 1-5pm\n\nUsing 
 news photographs, memorabilia, reconstructed objects, documentary 
 fragments, and original documents, contemporary artist Kate Haug re-tells 
 the story of the 1968 Poor People's Campaign, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 
 last monumental social protest prior to his assassination. The exhibition 
 features images and objects culled from Haug's extensive research in the 
 archives of the Associated Press, the popular press, and eBay, which have 
 not been seen together before, bringing to life the complex ambition of 
 King's vision.\n \nKing began organizing the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) 
 in 1967 to unify America's poor across class rather than racial lines, 
 believing that economic parity was key to African American equality within 
 the United States. The PPC culminated with a 3,000 person shanty town named 
 Resurrection City, constructed on the National Mall in Washington DC.  
 Resurrection City drew people from all over the country, was the nineteen 
 sixties version of the 1932 Bonus March and a predecessor to "Occupy". The 
 exhibition time frame for this show mirrors many of the actual dates of the 
 campaign, tracing the Resurrection City's opening day to its final 
 destruction.\n \nThe PPC echoes aspects of current social movements such as 
 Black Lives Matter, Fight for Fifteen, and Our Walmart.  In San Francisco, 
 a city with one the highest rates of income inequality in the United 
 States, King's work asks pointed questions about the contemporary social 
 contract and the democratic promise of America.\n \nNews Today: A History 
 of the Poor People's Campaign in Real Time runs from April 9, 2016 to June 
 25, 2016.\n\nGallery Talks:\nSat May 14, 2pm: \nJustin Gomer Ph.D., 
 Lecturer, American Studies, UC Berkeley\nA discussion of the images in News 
 Today as they relate to the shifting political landscape in the years after 
 1968.\n\nSat May 21, 2pm: \nE.C. Feiss, Ph.D. Student, Art History, UC 
 Berkeley\nThe Politics of Display\n\nFree\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/12/18786332.php
SUMMARY:News Today: A History of the Poor People's Campaign in Real Time
LOCATION:Irving Street Projects\n4331 Irving Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94122
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/12/18786332.php
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