The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created on January 10-11, 1957, when sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders met in Atlanta, Georgia in an effort to replicate the successful strategy and tactics of the recently concluded Montgomery (Alabama) bus boycott. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was chosen as the first president of this […]
So many civil rights leaders were cut down in their prime or suffered untimely deaths, but the Rev. Joseph Lowery, one of the main organizers behind the Montgomery Bus boycott that brought a young Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to national prominence, celebrates his 90th birthday this week. A stalwart of the civil rights […]
So many civil rights leaders were cut down in their prime or suffered untimely deaths, but the Rev. Joseph Lowery, one of the main organizers behind the Montgomery Bus boycott that brought a young Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to national prominence, celebrates his 90th birthday this week. A stalwart of the civil rights […]
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has named Isaac Newton Farris Jr., nephew of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., as its president.King founded the civil rights organization in 1957. The Rev. Howard Creecy, who had been president of the SCLC, died last month. SCLC officials also announced that Bernard LaFayette Jr., co-founder of the Student […]
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has named Isaac Newton Farris Jr., nephew of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., as its president.King founded the civil rights organization in 1957. The Rev. Howard Creecy, who had been president of the SCLC, died last month. SCLC officials also announced that Bernard LaFayette Jr., co-founder of the Student […]
The Rev. Howard Creecy, Jr., a Baptist preacher chosen early this year as the new president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died suddenly Thursday (July 28) at the age of 57. His death means the civil rights organization founded by the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will go through another unexpected transition. Creecy […]
The Rev. Howard Creecy, Jr., a Baptist preacher chosen early this year as the new president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died suddenly Thursday (July 28) at the age of 57. His death means the civil rights organization founded by the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will go through another unexpected transition. Creecy […]
The Rev. Howard Creecy Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died early Thursday morning, a spokesman for the SCLC confirmed Thursday. Creecy, pastor of Olivet Church in Fayette County, died of a heart attack at around 12:30 a.m. in Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. New Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Movie […]
The Rev. Howard Creecy Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died early Thursday morning, a spokesman for the SCLC confirmed Thursday. Creecy, pastor of Olivet Church in Fayette County, died of a heart attack at around 12:30 a.m. in Atlanta, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. New Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Movie […]
Fifteen months after her election, Bernice King, the youngest child of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has declined the position of president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She said in a written statement Friday that her decision came “after numerous attempts to connect with the official board leaders on how to move forward under […]
King, surrounded by her supporters, announced that she was holding a prayer vigil Friday at 6:30 p.m. in light of the turmoil fueled by a heated court battle over who is in charge of the SCLC. The vigil will be held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Horizon Sanctuary. The power struggle began after questions […]
The doors to the headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference civil rights group have been welded shut and padlocked, an escalation in a power struggle between two factions claiming leadership of the organization, the two sides said Tuesday
