The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Southern Christian Leadership Conference--Meetings
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10th Annual SCLC Convention ProgramThis document is a flyer for the 10th annual convention of the SCLC. |
1965 Annual Board Meeting for SCLCThis document details the agenda at the Annual Board Meeting for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. |
A Program for the Public Meeting at Metropolitan Baptist ChurchThis program outlines a two-day Public Meeting sponsored by the SCLC at Metropolitan Baptist Church, where Dr. King was scheduled to deliver the key address. |
Address By Senator Edward M. Kennedy to the SCLCSenator Edward M. Kennedy highlights Dr. King's efforts during the Civil Rights Movement. He also expresses concerns about poverty, unemployment, nonviolence, segregation and integrity. |
Agenda for Executive Staff Meeting of SCLCThis document contains an itinerary for an upcoming Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff meeting. |
Agenda for the SCLC State and Local LeadersThis agenda outlines several topics discussed for the Southwide Meeting of State and Local Leaders. Dr. King, the President of the SCLC, spoke on SCLC's 'People to People' Program. |
Black is Beautiful, and It's So Beautiful To Be BlackThis staff newsletter "Black Is Beautiful, and It's So Beautiful," published by the SCLC, explains the upcoming events that the organization has in store. The newsletter communicates as to who acquired new positions within the SCLC and speaks to how the SCLC wishes to continue with projects based in Chicago, Cleveland, and Washington through Operation Breadbasket. |
Black PowerThis is a chapter sermon for Dr. King's book "Where Do We Go From Here?" The civil rights leader traces the early development of Black Power and its eventual surge onto the national political scene. Though understood as a direct opposition to the nonviolent movement that organizations like SCLC, CORE, and SNCC originally supported, King describes Black Power as a "disappointment wrapped in despair." |
By-Laws of the SCLCThis document outlines the by-laws of the SCLC, which includes the organization's purpose, duties and responsibilities of members, and procedures governing officers and committees. The purpose of the SCLC is to "organize and maintain Christian guidance" to aid in improving cultural conditions. |
Cape Times: Dr. Luther King in Bad CompanyIn this Cape Times article, author J. M. Gray poses six questions to Dr. King regarding recent sightings with Communist Party members. |
Civil Rights Drive by SCLC and Other Groups Wins Open Housing Victory in LouisvilleThis 1967 SCLC news release details the passage of a law forbidding racial discrimination in housing in Louisville, Kentucky. It also details the role that SCLC and its sister organizations had in bring about this legislation. |
Constitution and By-Laws of the SCLC, Inc.The SCLC exhibits its rules and regulations for the stability of the organization in this Constitution and by-laws. SCLC's constitution addresses several organizational related factors including board responsibilities, meetings, membership and chapter development. |
Crisis In the NationDr. King and Joseph E. Lowery inform an anonymous recipient of an urgent meeting of the SCLC Executive Board. |
Declaration of "Nobel Peace Prize Day" DesiredThis press release announces the Virginia State Unit of the SCLC's appeal to Governor Albertis Harrison in hopes that he will establish a "Nobel Peace Prize Day" in honor of Dr. King. The proposed day will possibly be held in conjunction with a speech Dr. King will deliver at Virginia State College and the Virginia SCLC State Convention. |
Draft of Speech for SCLC in NashvilleDr. King is outlining a speech he later presented to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Nashville. |
Executive Director's ReportWilliam A. Rutherford sends an informal report to the SCLC Executive Board in Washington, D.C. This is Rutherford's first report as an administrator of the organization and it purposes the ways in which the SCLC can better utilize, and apply, their resources. |
Executive OrdersDr. King drafts numerous directives pertaining to the 1964 expenses of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. |
Executive Staff Meeting of the SCLCDr. King informs the Southern Christian Leadership Conference staff of an executive staff meeting scheduled for June 22, 1967. |
Flyer for SCLC Mass MeetingThis flyer advertises a 1958 Norfolk, VA SCLC mass meeting. |
George A. Chauncey request to MLKGeorge A. Chauncey writes Dr. King to request copies of the "Annual Report of the President," a speech that was delivered at the 1967 meeting of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. |
Greetings Page-SCLC and ACMHRThe SCLC and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights come together to host SCLC's annual convention in Birmingham, Alabama. |
I Have Decided to Start With MyselfThis dictation of the SCLC's Tenth Anniversary Convention Banquet includes speeches given by Dr. King, Mrs. Dorothy F. Cotton, and Andrew Young. The keynote address given by Mr. Sidney Poitier concluded the evening, along with a presentation of an award. |
King and SCLC Meet in MontgomeryThis press release announces a mass meeting held in Montgomery, Alabama by the Executive Board of SCLC. The meeting was held in response to a major libel suit against four prominent SCLC officials. Dr. King gives an address to boost morale during the course of this suit. In Dr. King's view, "The South has lost its solidity. Whites fight against whites over desegregation. Be it known, evil cannot permanently organize itself." The libel suit came to be known as the New York Times Company vs. Sullivan (1960). |
Lawler Daniels Thanks MLKLawler P. Daniels, Jr., President of Sleinad Enterprises, Inc., expresses his gratitude for Dr. King's invitation to the SCLC 10th Annual Convention. |
Letter from Barbara W. Moffett to William RutherfordBarbara Moffett discusses the possibility of coordinating efforts and collaborative participation between the American Friends Service Committee and SCLC. |
Letter from Bishop P. Randolph Shy to MLKPresiding Bishop of The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, P. Randolph Shy, declines Dr. King's invitation to attend an upcoming convention. Bishop Shy mentions that he will make a contribution "through our churches to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference." |
Letter from Charles S. Spivey, Jr. to the Racial Justice CommitteeCharles S. Spivey, Jr. outlines the events to take place during the SCLC Poor Peoples Campaign under the leadership of Dr. King. The main events all transpired after Dr. King's assassination on April 4th, 1968. |
Letter from Dora McDonald to MLKMiss McDonald writes Dr. King regarding his recent mail and messages. Included are numerous invitations and missed telephone calls. |
Letter from Dorothy Cotton to Mrs. E.A. JohnsonEducational Consultant Dorothy Cotton writes workshop attendee Mrs. E.A. Johnson concerning the importance of citizenship education, particularly in getting Negroes to vote. She addresses a concern of Mrs. Johnson's involving a young man invited to attend a citizenship workshop. Ms. Cotton informs Mrs. Johnson that Dr. King will speak with Attorney General Robert Kennedy in addressing the young man's situation. |
Letter from Edward Kennedy to MLKEdward Kennedy thanks Dr. and Mrs. King for their hospitality during the Annual Convention of the SCLC. |