An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind ...

New president DeMark Liggins has served with the SCLC for over 10 years. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) has promoted its vice president, DeMark Liggins, to lead the esteemed civil ...

The longtime president and CEO of a leading civil rights organization co-founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957 is stepping down at the end of the month. Charles Steele Jr., 78, said Saturday ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One of the country’s oldest civil rights organization has a new national leader with ties to Memphis. We talk one-on-one with DeMark Liggins and his vision for the Southern Christian ...

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 ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) came together with community leaders, activists and faith organizations on Tuesday to make an urgent call not just to Memphis but ...

SCLC leader speaks at Hopewell protests over city manager, clerk firings Rev. William Avon Keen, director of the Virginia chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks in Hopewell ...

A softback book titled: [Southern Christian Leadership Conference Citizenship Workbook]. The front cover is black with a white vertical block that runs down the proper right side from the top. The ...

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