<P> The SCLC organized a protest caravan, driven by mule - power, to work its way down to the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida in early August . Nixon continued to make rioting a campaign issue, explicitly seeking the votes of suburban whites, "the nonshouters, the nondemonstrators", by promising increased policing, crackdowns on rioters, and an end to educational integration . </P> <P> The Mule Train traveled on and arrived in Chicago for the turbulent Democratic Convention in Chicago, where the demonstrators got caught in the midst of violence in the streets surrounding the convention site . </P> <P> In 1969, a Poor People's Campaign delegation, including Abernathy, met with President Nixon and asked him to address hunger and malnutrition . </P> <P> During the 1972 Democratic National Convention, Abernathy and the SCLC organized "Resurrection City II" in Miami . There, they camped alongside other groups, including Students for a Democratic Society and Jerry Rubin's Yippees . </P>

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