Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Southern Christian Leadership Conference
AbbreviationSCLC
FormationJanuary 10, 1957 (1957-01-10)
TypeNGO
PurposeCivil rights
HeadquartersAtlanta, Georgia
Region served
United States
Chairman
Bernard Lafayette
President/CEO
Charles Steele Jr.
Affiliations17 affiliates; 57 chapters
Staff
60
Websitewww.nationalsclc.org

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. SCLC is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., who had a large role in the American civil rights movement.[1]

  1. ^ King Research & Education Institute at Stanford Univ. "Southern Christian Leadership Conference". Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2008.