Our Perspective

7/9/2008 5:52 PM UTC

Peace and Blessings! We never got a chance to thank you for making our show a favorite. Thank you VERY much beloved! Sincerely, Bro. Hank & T'Boogz! WWW.OURPERSPECTIVERADIO.COM

PPC1

5/1/2008 9:31 PM UTC

In the last decade, countless revisionist scholars have followed in the footsteps of John Dittmer and Charles Payne in the pursuit of creating a more complete and complex narrative of the black freedom struggle through historically grounded local studies. Placing local people at the center of civil rights history rather than at its periphery forces the myths of the movement to crumble. Local studies demonstrate that non-violence coexisted alongside self-defense in the South and throughout the nation. They reveal the role women played as local organizers alongside men who missed the spotlight as national mobilizers. Finally, local studies implode the notion that the civil rights movement took place only in the South between 1954 and 1965 and challenge the sharp dichotomies made between civil rights and black power. The goal now is to connect the local, the regional, the national, and when possible, the transnational. Local people from all over the nation drove the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign (PPC)—the first truly national, multiracial anti-poverty movement. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) built Resurrection City—a temporary shantytown of plywood A-frame houses on the National Mall—to display the appalling living conditions endured by the poor and provide a home base for daily protests at various government buildings. But the nine regional caravans that transported the multi-racial coalition of the poor to the capital connected local movements with the national campaign in Washington, D.C. The caravans enabled local people to place their individual needs in a national context and recognize the systemic roots of their poverty. This presentation focuses on the most dramatic of the nine regional caravans, the Mule Train—a caravan of approximately fifteen mule-drawn covered wagons—and Marks, Mississippi, the small Delta town that served as the launching pad for the Mule Train and the PPC. Caravanning to the capital as a moving political theater, the Mule Train enabled participants to perform the limits on poor people’s mobility—both economic and physical. Cultural geographer Tim Cresswell argues that mobility is a site of ideology construction that often invokes contradictory meanings, since it has meant freedom and opportunity for some and shiftlessness and deviance for others. This analysis considers how representations of the Mule Train and its participants fall along racial, class, and gendered lines and how the caravan used mobility as a form of political resistance. The participants’ courage to endure the long and arduous journey and protest in Washington challenges culture of poverty depictions of the poor as lazy and apathetic. Drawing on interviews with Mule Train participants and SCLC archival materials, this presentation demonstrates how the PPC transformed one Delta community and its residents and considers how representations of and memorials to the Mule Train have affected perceptions of poverty nationally and people’s experiences locally. Connecting the past with the present and concentrating on the process of organizing rather than evaluating whether or not the PPC succeeded in meeting its goals, can help us understand what motivates people to join social movements and how they effect participants’ lives. PPC IN CHICAGO

Our Perspective

5/1/2008 1:50 AM UTC

Pardon US sis! We NEVER got a chance to welcome you to the BTR family. We hope you have NOTHING but positive experiences. Keep in touch. Sincerely, Bro. Hank & T'Boogz! WWW.OURPERSPECTIVERADIO.COM

PPC1

4/27/2008 4:44 AM UTC

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Queen Unique

4/22/2008 1:47 PM UTC

Just a note... ...to say thank you sincerely for being so supportive of my show, I appreciate it more than the keyboard will ever be able to express. Many blessings to you and yours and please stop by the page and sign my guestbook when you got a chance! XOXO Peace, love and eternal blessings... ~Q.U. aka MVP

ATAZP LIVE

4/22/2008 3:53 AM UTC

we almost have the same name.....take care..........

Nasty B

4/18/2008 5:27 AM UTC

Thanks for stopping by on the show!! We loved you and please do make it regular to listen to our show! You're awesome and we'd love to have your opinion on all our topics!!

Radio L

4/14/2008 5:34 PM UTC

Haha, yes I know I'm a lat on posting the show topic. I'm trying to test when is the right time. I think last time I was a bit too early. And yes, I hear you on the blogtalkradio thing. It is fun, and much more interactive!!

LOVE PRODUCTIONS, IN

4/13/2008 10:58 PM UTC

THANK YOU FOR THE LOVELY COMMENT AND YES WE NEED SOME RELAXATION, FUN AND PEACE..THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT OF BEING THE BEST SHOW THAT EVENING, ENJOYED HAVING YOU AND WE ARE GONNA DO THIS EVERY FRIDAY TO BREAK THIS STRESS OF THE WEEK..LOVE YA NICKY LOVE

PPC1

4/12/2008 4:29 AM UTC

My people we must continue to stand as one. For as you all know it is together that we are most powerful. It was together that our people fought, went to jail, and even died for our sake. So it is now more than ever that we must stand taller than ever, and keep the fight that they started alive in 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!

TCP Live! Talk Radio

4/12/2008 3:32 AM UTC

Thank you for the compliments for the show. Be sure to rate it.

Marcus L. Boston

4/12/2008 12:14 AM UTC

Hey there TAS, welcome to blog talk radio. Marcus

Alexander Roderick

4/8/2008 11:43 AM UTC

Thanks for stopping by, and adding me to your favorites list. I'll keep trying to bring interesting topics

Alan Roger Currie

4/8/2008 1:38 AM UTC

Thank you so much for selecting me as a favorite ... much appreciated

AWARR

3/31/2008 9:28 PM UTC

Thanks for adding me to your favorites. ~Zen~

Radio L

3/30/2008 1:41 AM UTC

I see you're getting ready, huh?