Civil Rights Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - The NAACP was formed in 1909 when progressive whites joined forces with W. E. B. DuBois and other young blacks, and it remains an important organization today.
- NAACP - The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS)
- NAACP - Encyclopedia entry in MLK Research & Education Instutite
- NAACP home page
Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) - Founded in 1942 by an interracial group of students in Chicago, CORE pioneered the use of nonviolent direct action in America’s civil rights struggle.
- CORE - Encyclopedia entry in MLK Research & Education Institute
- CORE home page
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) - SCLC was established in 1957, to coordinate the action of local protest groups throughout the South. It drew on the power and independence of black churches to support its activities.
- SCLC - MLK Research and Education Institute
- SCLC home page
- SCLC history - from SCLC website
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - First labor organization led by African-Americans to receive a charter by the AFL, it represented the workers of the Pullman Company, one of the largest employers of African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - Jim Crow Stories
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - Blackpast.org