and led the campaign after King's assassination. Stanley Levison was a key advisor to King whose influence diminished after the assassination. Bernard Lafayette was the national coordinator of the campaign. Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, a prominent Chicano movement advocate, led a caravan from Colorado. Cornelius "Cornbread" Givens, New York coordinator and co-organizer of the Poor People's Embassy. Reies Tijerina, of New Mexico, was a leader of land grant rights efforts in the Chicano movement. Stoney Cooks did outreach and recruitment to college students. Hosea Williams of the Georgia SCLC was the campaign's field director and became a director of logistics at Resurrection City. Rev. Fred C. Bennette was a liaison to the clergy. SCLC Vice President Andrew Young was a major leader and spokesperson. Walter Fauntroy was the Washington coordinator for the SCLC, and became director of what remained of the campaign in 1969. Rev. Dr. David Carter was the Assistant Director for Mobilization. Rev. Jesse Jackson would be "elected" mayor of the Resurrection City encampment on the Washington Mall. Recruitment The SCLC recruited marshals, who came to a training workshop in Atlanta in March then returned home to recruit participants, raise funds, and solicit organizational support. Participants were required to sign an agreement to use non-violence and to obey the marshals. Reactions to the campaign were mixed, and some were outright hostile based on their perceptions of King and the SCLC. Leaders and recruiters had to construct their images carefully in order to appeal to potential marchers across lines of wealth and denomination—they de-emphasized their middle-class status, wearing denim instead of suits. They faced the delicate challenge of simultaneously appealing to radicals and moderates (including campus liberals). Marchers Campaign leaders recruited across the country, first in the East and South, and then increasingly westward, reaching poor people in Texas and the Southwest, as well as California and the West Coast. People of all walks of life came from across the nation. Many volunteers were women and many had been involved in other civil rights protests. People commenting on their reasons for participation explained that they wanted to participate in the decisions that affected their lives, and to explain how federal programs, intended to help them, sometimes left them behind completely. They stressed that they were deprived of their basic human rights, and they wanted to make their situations known in the nation's capital. Most did not own their homes or