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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Southern Christian Leadership Conference stories: 2 news summaries

 King's Daughter to Head SCLC 

Bernice King to be first woman to head group

Oct 30, 09 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bernice King was elected to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference today, becoming the first woman to helm the civil rights organization her father, Martin Luther King Jr., co-founded. King wasn’t there for the board vote, which she won 23-15 over an Arkansas judge, so interim president Byron Clay... More »

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civil rights • Martin Luther King Jr. • Southern Christian Leadership Conference • Martin Luther King III • Bernice King • women's issues • Byron Clay

FBI Spied on Coretta Scott King

Documents expose four-year surveillance campaign

Aug 31, 07 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - FBI agents mounted a four-year spying operation to scrutinize Martin Luther King's widow, Coretta Scott King, following the assassination of the civil rights leader. The newly released documents reveal that the Nixon administration feared Mrs. King, who died last year, might unite the civil rights movement and anti-war protesters into... More »

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FBI • Richard Nixon • surveillance • Martin Luther King Jr. • Coretta Scott King • Henry Kissinger • Andrew Young • Southern Christian Leadership Conference • civil rights movement

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