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What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference called today?
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is still called the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
What were the goals of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
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.
Why did the bombing of Birmingham church happen?
The bombing happened when tensions became high when the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the congress official equality became involved in a campaign to register African American to vote in Birmingham.
Who was James Bevill Birmingham Alabama Civil Rights?
James Bevill was the director of Direct Action and of the Nonviolent Education of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He is credited as having organized the March on Washington and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
Who created the sncc?
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was created in April 1960 by Ella Baker, then-director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, with an $800 grant from the SCLC. Also in attendance at the first conference were Marion Berry, James Bevel, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, J. Charles Jones, Bernard Lafayette, James Lawson, John Lewis, Charles F. McDew and Diane Nash. [foregoing from Wikipedia.org]
