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1957 - Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was officially organized at a meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was chosen as the organization’s first president. The SCLC would go on to play a pivotal role in the American civil rights movement, promoting nonviolent protest to advance civil rights and social justice.

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