SCLC

The SCLC

• Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Founded by MLK Jr.

Freedom Rides (1961)

• Led to bussing desegregation
• Major win for Civil Rights

March on Washington (1963)

• I Have A Dream
• Civil Rights Act (1964)

Selma, Alabama (1965)

• Extreme police brutality
• Voting Rights Act (1965)

Sit Ins

• Goals were local desegregation
• Woolworth, North Carolina

SCLC Today

• Have an official website
• Still organize events

Populations in The U.S.

• 77.7% White
• 13.2% Black

City Populations

• 1. New York, NJ-NY3,362,616 18% 2. Atlanta, GA1,707,913 32% 3. Chicago, IL1,645,993 17% 4. Washington, DC1,438,436 26% 5. Philadelphia, PA1,241,780 21% 6. Los Angeles, CA1,230,023 7% 7. Miami, FL1,169,185 21% 8. Houston, TX1,025,775 17% 9. Detroit, MI980,451 23% 10. Dallas-Ft Worth, TX961,871 15% 11. Baltimore, MD778,879 29% 12. Memphis, TN601,043 46% 13. Norfolk–Virginia Beach, VA522,409 31% 14. St. Louis, MO, IL516,446 18% 15. San Francisco-Oakland, CA471,566 7% 16. Charlotte, NC421,105 24% 17. Cleveland, OH416,528 20% 18. New Orleans, LA397,095 34% 19. Richmond, VA375,427 30% 20. Raleigh-Durham, NC364,811 22%

City Populations

• Average was 22.4%

Poverty

• Black Poverty in 2012 28.1%
• Average poverty in 2012 12.6%

Desegregation of Schools

• Brown V Board (1955)

Citation

• "Diane Nash." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 24 May 2015. Barnhill, John H. "Southern Christian Leadership Conference." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 19 May 2015. "Birmingham protests." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 19 May 2015. "Population." Population. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2015.