This week, marchers in Alabama began walking east along Highway 80. They're re-creating the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march of 1965, walking 54 miles, often through heavy rain. And now they've ...

A lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. and a fellow preacher, he played a vital role in organizing voting-rights protests in 1965 that began with “Bloody Sunday.” By Peter Applebome After studying ...

Mid-Missouri’s first Southern Christian Leadership Conference chapter is holding its inaugural summit Jan. 17-19. In the days leading up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the chapter will honor the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) came together with community leaders, activists and faith organizations on Tuesday to make an urgent call not just to Memphis but ...

The Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference played a substantial role in the U.S. civil rights movement and the work of Martin Luther King Jr., who was its first president. But all is ...

LAST VISIT HERE. IT WAS MARCH 1967. IT WOULD BE DOCTOR KING’S FINAL VISIT TO LOUISVILLE, ABOUT ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH. DOCTOR KING WAS INVITED TO SPEAK BEFORE A SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP ...

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A softback book titled: [Southern Christian Leadership Conference Citizenship Workbook]. The front cover is black with a white vertical block that runs down the proper right side from the top. The ...