Southern Christian Leadership Conference

==Leadership==
The best-known member of the SCLC was [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], who was president and chaired the organization until he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Other prominent members of the organization have included [[Joseph Lowery]], [[Ralph Abernathy]], [[Ella Baker]], [[James Bevel]], [[Diane Nash]], [[Dorothy Cotton]], [[James Orange]], [[C. O. Simpkins Sr.|C. O. Simpkins Sr]], [[Charles Kenzie Steele]], [[C. T. Vivian]], [[Fred Shuttlesworth]], [[Andrew Young]], [[Hosea Williams]], [[Jesse Jackson]], [[Walter E. Fauntroy]], Claud Young, [[Septima Poinsette Clark|Septima Clark]], [[Martin Luther King III]], [[Curtis W. Harris]], [[Maya Angelou]], and [[Golden Frinks]].

;Presidents
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!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Image
!Name
!Term
|-
|1
|[[File:08-15-1964 20069 Martin Luther King (4086739403) greyBack.jpg|80px]]
|[[Martin Luther King Jr.]]
|1957–1968
|-
|2
|[[File:Ralph Abernathy portrait by Robert Templeton.jpg|80px]]
|[[Ralph Abernathy]]
|1968–1977
|-
|3
|[[File:Joseph Lowery 2000 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
|[[Joseph Lowery]]
|1977–1997
|-
|4
|[[File:Martin Luther King III 1998.jpg|80px]]
|[[Martin Luther King III]]
|1997–2004
|-
|5
|[[File:Fred Shuttlesworth (49070846811).jpg|80px]]
|[[Fred Shuttlesworth]]
|2004–2004
|-
|6
|[[File:Charles Steel Jr. - 2019.jpg|80px]]
|[[Charles Steele Jr.]]
|2004–2009
|-
|7
|
|Howard W. Creecy Jr.
|2009–2011
|-
|8
|[[File:Charles Steel Jr. - 2019.jpg|80px]]
|[[Charles Steele Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Staff|url=https://nationalsclc.org/about/national-staff/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=The All-New National SCLC|date=March 26, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
|2012–present
|}