Part of the civil rights movement of the 1960's, The Poor People's Campaign specifically attacked the issue of economic justice. A campaign bound not by race, but by poverty, the non-violent Poor People's Campaign called for racial harmony to demand social justice. On a sunny day in May 1968, thousands of citizens took to the streets in Greensboro, North Carolina, demanding economic justice for all. In a show of unity, some of the demonstrators formed circles, interlocked their arms and sang songs of freedom. Unfortunately, this momentous event was recorded without sound, so the film is silent.