Dec 31, 2009

Salem on History | The SCLC Forms to Link Civil Rights Groups

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Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Human Rights
Curriculum: American History 1951-present
Geographical Location: Alabama, Atlanta, Louisiana
Date: January, 1957-August, 1957

Article abstract: The formation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957 was the first Southwide grass-roots movement dedicated to racial desegregation in the United States.

Summary of Event

When the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed in 1957, black Americans faced many obstacles to economic and political equality despite decades of piecemeal reforms. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the National Urban League, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and other advocacy...

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Salem on History | The SCLC Forms to Link Civil Rights Groups

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Summary of Event

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