Under the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., the organization drew on the power and independence of black churches to support its activities.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. SCLC is closely associated with its first president, …

Jan 25, 2025 · Recognizing the need for a mass movement to capitalize on the successful Montgomery action, King set about organizing the Southern Christian Leadership Conference …

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, nonsectarian American agency established by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights activists in 1957 to coordinate and …

In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is renewing its commitment to bring about the promise of “one nation, under God, indivisible” …

Nov 8, 2009 · Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was chosen as the first president of this new group dedicated to abolishing legalized segregation and ending the disfranchisement of black …

Dec 10, 2004 · After Lowery retired in 1997, King’s son, Martin Luther King III, led the SCLC until November 2003, when the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth became the interim president and …

Martin Luther King Jr. was chosen as the first president of this new group dedicated to abolishing legalized segregation and ending the disfranchisement of black southerners in a non-violent …

Sep 18, 2023 · Martin Luther King, Jr., Bayard Rustin, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, and others, founded the SCLC in order to have a regional organization that could better coordinate …

In a second 4 February memorandum to SCLC members, King reiterated the grassroots emphasis of the Crusade, asserting that the major objective is to “stimulate registration and …