The Roanoke Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is commemorating the March 7, 1965, March for Voting ...
Monday is Martin Luther ... 1967 would mark King's final visit to Louisville, about one year before his death. He was invited to speak before a Southern Christian Leadership Conference, but ...
In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr ... Among his many efforts, King headed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Through his nonviolent ...
Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther ... Abernathy, King’s good friend and Southern Christian Leadership Conference ...
Martin Luther King ... up for our Newsletters King became a prominent leader during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and he co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Ralph Abernathy ...
Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist and political ... boycott and played a key role in establishing the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its president until ...
One of the facts about Martin Luther ... King unveiled one of his most heartfelt efforts: the Poor People’s Campaign. He announced the initiative during a Southern Christian Leadership ...