RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Poor People's Campaign had its final rally of the season Monday afternoon.
- Lawmakers weren't in the legislative building to hear rally
- Demonstrators said lawmakers need to do more to help people find their way out of poverty
- The campaign is gearing up for a larger rally in Washington, D.C. at the end of the week
The rally took place within earshot of the legislative building, but lawmakers had already left for the day before hearing it.
The campaign, organized by former NAACP President Rev. William Barber, has put together many demonstrations over the past six weeks.
During the last one, attendees used it to criticize both state and federal politics. Some demonstrators were arrested during the rally.
They said lawmakers need to do more to help people in poverty find their way out.
"Ten years before Roosevelt, Huey Long's 1934 'Share Our Wealth' plan declared that the U.S. should use public works to ensure everyone is employed. And after Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr. demanded immediate employment for everyone in need of a job," said Duke University Professor William Darity.
The campaign is gearing up for a larger rally in Washington, D.C. at the end of the week.