Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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{"value"=>"1964-1968", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1964/1968"}
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1964
date_inclusive_end
1968
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{"value"=>"Southern Christian Leadership Conference"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"emph\">SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (SCLC)</span>series contains general information about the organization and a considerable amount of material documenting the Poor People's Campaign. There are mimeographed sheets and a workbook from the SCLC Citizenship Training Program describing the program and the training of the teachers. There is a large volume of material from Clarke's work with SCOPE in 1965, largely lists of counties, volunteers, and staff, with references to county staff evaluations and to confrontations. In addition to an incomplete Report to the Board of Directors, April 1966, there is a great deal of general material about the SCLC, spanning the years 1964 to 1967.</p> <p>In addition, there is a copy of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s statement to the press on August 20, 1965 concerning the Watts riots, notes from the Chicago staff retreat meetings during the SCLC's 1966 campaign there and an eight page booklet, <span class=\"title\">Does Martin Luther King, Jr. have the right? the qualifications? the duty? to speak out on Peace?</span> There are also two documents, a sermon and a paper by Harcourt Klinefelter, a staff member at Resurrection City. The sermon was given the Sunday after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. The paper is entitled, <span class=\"title\">How Churches Can Help in Civil Rights, A Manual for Ministers.</span></p> <p>Material from the Poor People's Campaign makes up a large portion of this series. There is almost daily documentation of events at Resurrection City, dating from April 17, 1968 to July 19, 1968, with a large amount of undated matter. Included is a copy of Jesse Jackson's speech given on May 23, a staff roster, programs for the Poor People's University, copies of speeches, press releases and notes in Catherine Clarke's hand. There is also a collection of typed material and notes about the proposed TV and Film Center at Resurrection City and notes of discussions about how to utilize the media for the purposes of the campaign. A set of typed transcripts of meetings held at the Poor People's Embassy in July can also be found here. Finally, there are three folders which detail the Poor People's demands to government agencies, the agencies' responses, and the Campaign's answers to the responses.</p>"}
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1964
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1968
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1964

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  1. Citizenship Training
  2. Summer Community Organization And Polital Education, (Scope)
  3. Report To The Board Of Directors
  4. General Material
  5. Poor People's Campaign--Resurrection City [7/1]