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| Abbreviation | SCLC |
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| Formation | January 10, 1957 |
| Purpose | Civil rights |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
Region served | United States |
National President/CEO | Charles Steele, Jr. |
| Affiliations | 17 affiliates; 57 chapters |
| Website | www.nationalsclc.org |
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights group. The SCLC was very important in the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. was its first president.
Today, the SCLC says it is "a nonprofit, non-sectarian, inter-faith, advocacy organization that is committed to nonviolent action to achieve social, economic, and political justice." This means the group is open to people of all faiths and religions, not just Christians.