On May 1, 1968, just a month after Dr. King’s assassination, the Poor People’s Campaign officially launched with thousands of activists arriving in Washington, D.C. from across the country. Though multiracial, the campaign centered on Black poverty and systemic exclusion. Dr. King had envisioned a cross-class, cross-race alliance that confronted economic injustice as the next frontier of civil rights. The campaign culminated in “Resurrection City,” a tent city erected on the National Mall. May 1 symbolized the merging of labor justice with civil rights, and though met with resistance, the campaign reshaped national discussions around systemic inequality. It remains one of the boldest attempts to create a unified front against economic racism in the modern era.