This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One of the country’s oldest ...

A lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. and a fellow preacher, he played a vital role in organizing voting-rights protests in 1965 that began with “Bloody Sunday.” By Peter Applebome After studying ...

The Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference played a substantial role in the U.S. civil rights movement and the work of Martin Luther King Jr., who was its first president. But all is ...

The civil rights leader, whose dealmaking skills pushed Wall Street to invest in minority-owned businesses, died on Tuesday.

The core leadership of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference insists that it was not blindsided by today’s news that Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Bernice is turning down the ...

A first edition of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's (SCLC) Handbook for Freedom Army Recruits. The handbook consists of twelve pages of ink on white paper. The front cover has a blue ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The Roanoke Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is set to honor the March 7, 1965 march for voting rights with a service on Sat., March 7 at 1 p.m. The ...