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Article: A Civil-Rights Engine Implodes; In the past, 'the SCLC was threatened from the outside, which we overcame,' says Shuttlesworth. 'Now it's people on the inside.'.(Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
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- Newsweek
- Article date:
- December 6, 2004
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Byline: Ellis Cose (With Vern E. Smith in Atlanta)
Death is an inevitable part of life, but to watch one of America's most hallowed civil-rights organizations slowly fall apart is to feel shock and deep sadness--not simply at the passing of a once great institution, but at the fact that the demise is so painful, public and lacking in dignity. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which Martin Luther King led to the mountaintop, is not quite ready for its obituary--least of all in the minds of its current leaders, who have ambitious plans for revival. But the more realistic view may be that of a longtime insider. "Martin was the heart of SCLC," he said. ...
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