Burlingame, DwightHall, Emily M.Grim, ValerieLittle, Monroe H.Kaufman-McKivigan, John R.2016-01-072016-01-072012https://hdl.handle.net/1805/7993http://dx.doi.org/10.7912/C2/602Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)This thesis shows that because the Poor People’s Campaign was created by and operated within the formal structure of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) - a nonprofit organization - it was unable to achieve success by almost any measure. SCLC’s organizational structure made it extremely difficult to create a national campaign from the ground up, and its leadership strategy guaranteed that it would be virtually impossible to sustain that kind of national campaign.en-USMartin Luther KingPoor People's CampaginSouthern Christian Leadership ConferenceKing, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968Poor People's Campaign -- ResearchSouthern Christian Leadership ConferenceUnited States -- Race relationsAfrican Americans -- Civil rights -- HistorySocial movements -- United States -- 20th centuryThesis