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, …

With the goal of redeeming “the soul of America” through nonviolent resistance, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was established in 1957 to coordinate the action of …

Nov 8, 2009 · The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created on January 10-11, 1957, when sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders met in Atlanta, Georgia in an …

In 1957 Martin Luther King joined with Ralph David Abernathy, Fred Shutterworth, and Bayard Rustin to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Based in Atlanta, …

Jan 24, 1988 · Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1987 and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, David Garrow’s “Bearing the Cross” vividly recaptures the events of the civil rights …

Distinguished U.S. Government correspondents include Alabama Gov. John Patterson, Robert F. Kennedy, Sargent Shriver, Paul Douglas, Prescott Bush, Ralph Bunche, Eleanor Roosevelt, …

Background files on many of the SCLC projects—from its earliest organizational meetings to the sit-ins, freedom rides, mass demonstrations, voter registration drives and antipoverty …

examine the methods of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and Martin Luther King Jr. and its effectiveness in achieving civil rights for African Americans.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is a civil rights organization founded in 1957, as an offshoot of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), which successfully …

Mar 27, 2015 · The Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s (SCLC) main aim was to advance the cause of civil rights in America but in a non-violent manner. From its inception in …