Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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civil rights organization nonprofit organization

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a prominent American civil rights organization, led in its early years by Martin Luther King Jr., that coordinated nonviolent protests and campaigns against racial segregation and discrimination.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights organization → nonprofit organization →
coOrganized	March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom →
country	United States →
founded	1957 →
foundedBy	Andrew Young → Bayard Rustin → C. K. Steele → Fred Shuttlesworth → Joseph Lowery → Martin Luther King Jr. → Ralph Abernathy →
hasMethod	boycotts → civil disobedience → marches → mass meetings →
headquartersLocation	Atlanta, Georgia →
ideology	African-American civil rights movement → Christian social gospel → nonviolence →
inspiredBy	Montgomery bus boycott →
leader	Martin Luther King Jr. →
locatedIn	Atlanta, Georgia → Georgia → United States →
mainActivity	civil rights advocacy → coordination of nonviolent protests → voter registration campaigns →
motto	To redeem the soul of America →
notableMember	Andrew Young → Hosea Williams → Jesse Jackson → Martin Luther King Jr. → Ralph Abernathy →
opposes	racial discrimination → racial segregation →
organized	Birmingham campaign → Selma to Montgomery marches → St. Augustine movement →
participatedIn	Civil Rights Movement →
positionHeld	Martin Luther King Jr. – first president →
president	Charles Steele Jr. → Joseph Lowery → Martin Luther King III → Martin Luther King Jr. → Ralph Abernathy →
regionServed	Southern United States → United States →
religiousOrientation	Christian →
shortName	SCLC →
supported	Civil Rights Act of 1964 → Voting Rights Act of 1965 →

Referenced by (66)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bernard Lafayette → C. K. Steele → Diane Nash → Ella Baker → Fred Shuttlesworth → Hosea Williams → James Bevel → Jesse Jackson → Martin Luther King III → Ralph Abernathy → Wyatt Tee Walker →	memberOf
Birmingham campaign → Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) → Children's Crusade (1963) → Children's March → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → Poor People’s Campaign → St. Augustine movement → Turnaround Tuesday →	organizedBy
16th Street Baptist Church → A.G. Gaston Motel → Andrew Young → Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia → Kelly Ingram Park → King family → Sweet Auburn neighborhood →	associatedWith
ACMHR → Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights → Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights ("Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)") → Amelia Boynton Robinson → Congress of Racial Equality → Congress of Racial Equality → Dallas County Voters League →	collaboratedWith
Chicago Freedom Movement → Marquette Park march → Memphis sanitation workers' strike →	hasParticipant
Project C (Confrontation) → Resurrection City → Selma to Montgomery marches →	organizer
"I Have a Dream" speech → American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) →	associatedWithOrganization
Dorothy Cotton → Hosea Williams →	employer
Martin Luther King Jr. → Martin Luther King Jr. →	founded
Albany Movement → Council of Federated Organizations →	foundedBy
"Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" speech → Laurie Pritchett →	opposedBy
Charles Steele Jr. →	affiliation
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party →	alliedWith
Ralph Abernathy →	coFounded
Joseph Lowery →	coFounderOf
1966 Meredith March Against Fear →	continuedBy
SCLC →	fullName
African-American history →	hasKeyInstitution
Council of Federated Organizations →	hasMember
Freedom Summer →	hasOrganizer
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. →	hasSubject
Montgomery Improvement Association →	influenced
American civil rights movement →	keyOrganization
A.G. Gaston Motel ("Southern Christian Leadership Conference leaders") →	notableGuest
Charles Steele Jr. →	notableOrganization
Summit Agreement of 1966 →	participant
Why We Can’t Wait →	relatedMovement
Memphis sanitation workers' strike →	supportedBy