Shortly before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. called for a radical redistribution of economic and political power to transform the whole of society. In 1967, he envisioned and designed the Poor People’s Campaign, an interracial effort that was carried out after his death. This campaign brought together impoverished Americans of all races to demand better wages, better jobs, better homes, and better education. King and the Other Americaexplores this overlooked and obscured episode of the late civil rights movement, deepening our understanding of King’s commitment to social justice and also of the long-term trajectory of the civil rights movement.

在马丁·路德·金遇刺前不久，他呼吁彻底重新分配经济和政治权力，以改变整个社会。1967年，他设想并设计了穷人运动，这是他死后进行的跨种族努力。这场运动把所有种族的贫困美国人聚集在一起，要求更好的工资、更好的工作、更好的住房和更好的教育。金和其他美国人探讨了这一被忽视和模糊的后期民权运动的插曲，加深了我们对金对社会正义的承诺和民权运动的长期轨迹的理解。