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Pastor Walter Womack, president of Memphis SCLC, has died
This story will be updated. Pastor Walter Womack, president of the Memphis Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), has died, according to officials with the NAACP Memphis Branch.
Bloody Sunday: SCLC Roanoke chapter to honor marchers on 60th Anniversary
On March 7, 1965 protestors for African American voting rights were attacked by law enforcement officers in Selma, Alabama.
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Roanoke community reflects on 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday
ROANOKE, Va – It has been 60 years since the historic voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Members of the ...
Community honors the life of faith leader Rev. Dr. Walter Womack
MEMPHIS, Tenn — Friends, family and the Memphis faith-based community are mourning the loss of Rev. Dr. Walter Womack. Womack ...
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Malcolm and the Civil Rights Movement
Although both Black Muslims and King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference had the same general goals of defeating white racism and empowering African Americans, Malcolm and King had ...
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Troy native Rev. John Reynolds will lead SCOPE50 60th anniversary
Troy native Rev. John Reynolds will lead the 60th anniversary of the SCOPE Project.  SCOPE (Summer Community Organization for ...
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Speaking of Hope
The elder civil rights leader moves the young artist to tears as she recounts how, at the very hotel in which they’re situated, she planned the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s 10 th ...