Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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In 1957 Martin Luther King joined with Ralph David Abernathy, Fred Shutterworth, and Bayard Rustin to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the main objective of the SCLC was to coordinate and assist local organizations working for the full equality of African Americans. King was elected president and Abernathy secretary-treasurer. The new organization was committed to using nonviolence in the struggle for civil rights, and SCLC adopted the motto: "Not one hair of one head of one person should be harmed."
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"All my life I’ve been sick and tired. Now I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired."
"They take me from my husband and they take my home from me. But still, at the next election, I will be there, voting just as much as white folks vote."
"Sometimes it feel like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off."
"There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people."