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src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Southern Christian Leadership Conference</b></font><p> <font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>ORGANIZATION</b></font><p> <p>Civil rights organization founded in 1957. <p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://sclcnational.org/">http://sclcnational.org/</a><p> <b>Founding Date:</b><br>10-Jan-1957<p><table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/835/000024763/"><font size=-1>Ralph Abernathy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Mar-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prominent civil rights activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/265/000023196/"><font size=-1>Maya Angelou</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-May-2014</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000171671/"><font size=-1>James Bevel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Dec-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Civil rights activist, convicted of incest</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/051/000086790/"><font size=-1>Emanuel Cleaver</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Oct-1944</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman, Missouri 5th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/766/000102460/"><font size=-1>Jeff Cohen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pundit</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>?</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Fox News Watch</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/215/000042089/"><font size=-1>Ossie Davis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Dec-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Do The Right Thing</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/673/000083424/"><font size=-1>Ruby Dee</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Oct-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jun-2014</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Jackie Robinson Story</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/947/000129560/"><font size=-1>Walter E. Fauntroy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Feb-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from DC, 1971-91</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/160/000129770/"><font size=-1>Charles A. Hayes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Apr-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000111585/"><font size=-1>Benjamin Hooks</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jan-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Apr-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>NAACP Director, 1977-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/365/000024293/"><font size=-1>Jesse Jackson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Oct-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Rainbow Coalition</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/202/000023133/"><font size=-1>Coretta Scott King</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Apr-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/085/000028998/"><font size=-1>Martin Luther King</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jan-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pacifist civil rights activist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/351/000122982/"><font size=-1>Martin Luther King III</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Oct-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Former President of the SCLC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/783/000107462/"><font size=-1>Joseph Lowery</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Founder of the SCLC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/051/000039931/"><font size=-1>Juanita Millender-McDonald</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Apr-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000086687/"><font size=-1>Bayard Rustin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Mar-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Aug-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Organized the 1963 March on Washington</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/235/000025160/"><font size=-1>Andrew Young</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Mar-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mayor of Atlanta, 1982-90</td> </tr> </table> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=41720" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a><br><br><a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/376/000003367/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/376/3367/s3367.jpg" width=128><br><font size="-1" face="trebuchet ms">Dick Cheney</font></a><br><br><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font></center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><b class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">Bibliographies</b><p>NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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