The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was initially founded by civil rights leaders such as Bayard Rustin and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in 1957. At that time, the main priority was to establish an organization that would coordinate nonviolent action to desegregate Southern bus systems.
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Economic Prosperity and lack of leadership.
The Anaconda Plan called for the blockade of all southern seaports and the control of the Mississippi.
The Social Gospel movement in the US during the late 19th century was one of the most powerful movements in the history of the US and is based on applying Christian principles to social problems.
The main goal of reconstruction in the US after the Civil War was to rejoin the country into one Union. Another goal was to keep safe the freed slaves who were still in the Southern states. Another goal was to deny the political rights of previous slaveholders in the south.
The goals of reconstruction were to readmit and rebuild the Confederate states and help African Americans back into society.