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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference – January 10th in African American History

January 10, 1957 The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded to coordinate and support nonviolent direct action as a method to end all forms of segregation. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the first president and Ella Baker was the first staff person. During the first few years, SCLC focused on education, voter registration, and […]

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