Which group had the most impact on the Civil Rights Movement?
While there were many groups that had and continue to have major impacts ( the struggle is still far from over), IMHO, TWO groups that should be recognized first and foremost in the modern Civil Rights Movement are the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and and the NAACP. During an Atlanta meeting in 1957, “60 persons from 10 states assembled and announced the founding of the Southern Leadership Conference on Transportation and Nonviolent Integration. They issued a document declaring that civil rights are essential to democracy, that segregation must end, and that all Black people should reject segregation absolutely and nonviolently. The SCLC established an Executive Board of Directors, and elected officers, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as President, Dr. Ralph David Abernathy as Financial Secretary-Treasurer, Rev. C. K. Steele of Tallahassee, Florida as Vice President, Rev. T. J. Jemison of Baton Rouge, Louisiana as Secretary, and Attorney I. M. Augustine of New Orleans
