Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organizes the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, D.C., to demand economic justice for the poor. There are efforts to recruit him to run for U.S. President as an independent. King listens but decides he is better positioned to lead outside of party politics. “I have come to think of my role as one which operates outside the realm of partisan politics” says King. Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver is nominated to run for U.S. President on the anti-war and anti-racist Peace and Freedom Party line; meanwhile, Charlene Mitchell runs for president on the Communist Party ticket.