Amid the political chaos of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. pushes beyond the facade of civil rights into a sweeping campaign for economic redistribution, thus linking his crusade back to the socialist quest from which it was groomed and calling for a mass convergence of America’s poor in Washington, D.C. Questions emerge about the deeper ideological forces shaping the movement. With unrest erupting, public support slipping, and pressure mounting from all sides, King advances a high-stakes strategy that aims to unite the nation’s poorest citizens into a single political force alongside the labor movement.