Southern Christian Leadership Conference Is Founded
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- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Civil Disobedience, Nonviolence, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, African American History
- Geographical Location: Atlanta
- Date: February 14, 1957
Article abstract: The birth of the SCLC establishes a leading force in the nonviolent direct-action movement.
Summary of Event
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), organized on February 14, 1957, in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, quickly became one of the nation’s premier civil rights organizations. The SCLC grew out of the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott and the emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr., as the leader of that protest and a new face on the national political scene.
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