Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Mar 22, 2011
                
                
                
                    THE BIRTH OF THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
A visit to a fledgling Head Start program in Marks brought home the reality of rural poverty to Dr. King and Ralph Abernathy. "We looked around the primitive schoolhouse and saw them watching us, wide-eyed and silent, having been told who we were," Abernathy
                    
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                    Contributed by Gerald Manning on Dec 14, 2015
                
                
                
                    The man was quite obviously hard pressed by life .. his clothing was a bit tattered, he hadn’t shaved for several days, his face was gaunt, his eyes vacant.   He was hungry, no doubt, and all I had in my pocket was a quarter.   I knew that it wouldn’t buy much, but perhaps it was a start, and I
                    
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                    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 9, 2007
                
                
                
                    Bill Graham said:
“We are rich in the things that perish, but poor in the things of the spirit.   We are rich in gadgets, but poor in faith.  We are rich in goods, but poor in grace.  We are rich in
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Billy Graham said:
“We are rich in the things that perish, but poor in the things of the spirit. We are rich in gadgets, but poor in faith. We are rich in goods, but poor in grace. We are rich in know-how, but poor in character. We are rich in words, but poor in deeds.”
Jesus said that our life
                    
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                    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 17, 2008
                
                
                
                    Poor Foundation
The most famous poor foundation in the world is the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.  The tower began to sink after construction progressed to the third floor in 1178.  Scientists travel yearly to measure the building's slow descent. They report that the 179-foot tower moves about
                    
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                    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 19, 2008
                
                
                
                    Poor Chippie
A Galveston housewife had a pet parakeet named Chippie. The woman, however, made some terrible mistakes with Chippie. There are just some things that you don't do with parakeets!
While vacuuming the carpet one day, she decided to clean out of the bottom of Chippie's cage with her
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
                
                
                
                    WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WERE POOR
Eddie Ogan
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I’ll never forget Christmas 1946. I was 14, my little sister Ocy was 12 and my older sister Darlene was 16. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what it was to do without many things. My dad had died five years before,
                    
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