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This traveling exhibition illuminates an often-overlooked multicultural movement to confront poverty that redefined social justice and activism in America. “Solidarity Now!” features photographs, oral histories, and an array of protest signs, political buttons and audio field recordings collected during the Poor People’s Campaign. The exhibition explores the significance of the tactics and impact of this campaign that drew thousands of people to build a protest community on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. For nearly six weeks they inhabited “a city of hope” on 15 acres between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial to call the nation’s attention to the crippling effects of poverty for millions of Americans. The protest site was called Resurrection City.
 
Through a 3D map of Resurrection City, visitors can examine the planned spaces for housing, a cultural center, city hall, theater stage and essential services, including facilities for food and dining, sanitation, communications, education, medical and dental care, and childcare.  
 
Organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, with support from the CVS Health Foundation.