Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ... He was invited to speak before a Southern Christian Leadership Conference, but his speech focused on racial discrimination in Louisville's housing market.

A Civil Rights Group Suspends, Then Reinstates, Its President. Angry board members of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was founded by Martin Luther King Jr, suspend his son, Martin ...

The King family and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which King founded, have objected to the early release, arguing the files contain illegally obtained wiretaps and personal ...

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference ... Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ... King founded the SCLC in 1957 as a call to action to serve and uplift the Black community and humanity overall.

Charles Steele Jr., the second longest serving president of the civil rights organization co-founded in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, is stepping down on Aug. 31.

The statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is seen unveiled from scaffolding during the soft opening of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.

Here’s what to know about Martin Luther King Jr. and why we celebrate his impact each year. ... founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 and leading the 1963 March on ...

Like her father and brother Martin Luther King III before her, she served as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, starting in 2009, but stepped down in 2011. In 2012, she was ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. ... King and other Southern Christian Leadership Conference members were called to Memphis to support a sanitation workers' strike.

News about Southern Christian Leadership Conference. ... Before Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech to 250,000 people, ...