ORGANIZATION

Civil rights organization founded in 1957.

Official Website:
http://sclcnational.org/

Founding Date:
10-Jan-1957

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ralph Abernathy	Activist	21-Mar-1926	17-Apr-1990	Prominent civil rights activist
Maya Angelou	Poet	4-Apr-1928	28-May-2014	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
James Bevel	Activist	19-Oct-1936	19-Dec-2008	Civil rights activist, convicted of incest
Emanuel Cleaver	Politician	26-Oct-1944		Congressman, Missouri 5th
Jeff Cohen	Pundit	?		Fox News Watch
Ossie Davis	Actor	18-Dec-1917	4-Feb-2005	Do The Right Thing
Ruby Dee	Actor	27-Oct-1924	12-Jun-2014	The Jackie Robinson Story
Walter E. Fauntroy	Activist	6-Feb-1933		Congressman from DC, 1971-91
Charles A. Hayes	Politician	17-Feb-1918	8-Apr-1997	Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93
Benjamin Hooks	Activist	31-Jan-1925	15-Apr-2010	NAACP Director, 1977-92
Jesse Jackson	Activist	8-Oct-1941		Rainbow Coalition
Coretta Scott King	Activist	27-Apr-1927	30-Jan-2006	Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King	Activist	15-Jan-1929	4-Apr-1968	Pacifist civil rights activist
Martin Luther King III	Activist	23-Oct-1957		Former President of the SCLC
Joseph Lowery	Activist	6-Oct-1921		Co-Founder of the SCLC
Juanita Millender-McDonald	Politician	7-Sep-1938	22-Apr-2007	Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007
Bayard Rustin	Activist	17-Mar-1910	24-Aug-1987	Organized the 1963 March on Washington
Andrew Young	Politician	12-Mar-1932		Mayor of Atlanta, 1982-90

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