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Bayard Rustin, c.1950s
Photo courtesy of Human Rights Campaign
Together with Stanley Levison and Bayard Rustin, Ella Baker organized representatives from over twenty-five political, religious, and union groups to train and assist grassroots activists that were nearly financially spent due to their dedication to the fight against segregation.
In Friendship contributed to Reverend King’s international trips and fundraised for the Southern Negro Leaders Conference, the predecessor of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In Friendship ultimately disbanded due to low donor retention and the founders’ increasing involvement with SCLC.
Left to Right: Close friends, Martin Luther King and Stanley Levison.
Photo courtesy of Ben Kamin
Crusade for Citizenship: Group of Two Broadsides Calling for Mass Meetings.
Credit: Heritage Auctions
Martin Luther King speaking at the SCLC Convention in 1962.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Monica Karales and the Estate of James Karales
Martin Luther King’s new organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Campaign, a church-based Civil Rights group, situated its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1957, Ella moved to assist Dr. King by running a voter registration campaign called the Crusade for Citizenship with the goal of doubling the number of African American voters in the South.
Martin Luther King’s new organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Campaign, a church-based Civil Rights group, situated its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1957, Ella moved to assist Dr. King by running a voter registration campaign called the Crusade for Citizenship with the goal of doubling the number of African American voters in the South.
1965 SCLC pin
Click on the Crusade for Citizenship pamphlet from 1961 to read the whole piece.
1965 Special summer project SCLC pin
Marker Text: ""Legendary leader Ella Baker moved to Atlanta in 1957 to help form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Bayard Rastin and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She departed from the organization in 1960 and devoted herself to the student-led organization, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. (Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, NAACP Papers.)"
Photo courtesy of Thomas Cizauskas
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