The march is part of the civil rights group’s larger campaign to march on Washington, D.C., later this year, advocating for low-income workers across the country.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Poor People’s Campaign announced they are holding a “Moral March on Memphis” Monday, May 23, starting at 4:30 p.m. at Robert R. Church Park by the FedEx Forum.
The march, which will end in a gathering at the National Civil Rights Museum, is designed to address policies like the state’s planned financial takeover of Mason, Tennessee, which the Campaign said is based in systematic racism and is disproportionately affecting poor and low-income people in the Mid-South.
Mason had filed a lawsuit against the Comptroller’s Office, claiming the state’s actions to take over the town’s finances were punitive instead of construction, and were designed to see the town fail.
One of the goals of the march is to raise money to pay off Mason’s $250,000 debt to their water and sewage fund, …