Leadership
The best-known member of the SCLC was Martin Luther King, who was president and chaired the organization until he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Other prominent members of the organization have included Joseph Lowery, Ralph Abernathy, Ella Baker, James Bevel, Diane Nash, Jesse Jackson, James Orange, Charles Kenzie Steele, C.T. Vivian, Fred Shuttlesworth, Walter E. Fauntroy, Claud Young, Septima Clark, Martin Luther King III, Dorothy Cotton, Curtis W. Harris, Hosea Williams, Maya Angelou, and Andrew Young.
- Presidents
| • 1957–1968 | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| • 1968–1977 | Ralph Abernathy |
| • 1977–1997 | Joseph Lowery |
| • 1997–2004 | Martin Luther King III |
| • 2004 | Fred Shuttlesworth |
| • 2004–2009 | Charles Kenzie Steele, Jr. |
| • 2009–2011 | Howard W. Creecy, Jr. |
| • 2011–present | Isaac Newton Farris, Jr. |
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