He was a civil rights leader who worked closely with King in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the 1960s.

He helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957), serving as its first president.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference called on the state to investigate deaths of people in police custody.

The covenant with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was signed by company officials at the close of the group's annual convention.

The fortunes of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference after his assassination show how dependent the organization was on one person.

At least one of the group's member organizations, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, has indicated that it will support the nomination.

Years later, several of his lawyers and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were audited as well.

Planning to become a doctor, he became active instead in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

In 1960, he joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

In 1957, he founded and was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.