Which organization is abbreviated SCLC?

• A. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• B. Congress on Racial Equality
• C. NAACP
• D. League of United Latin American Citizens

Answer: (A)

The organization abbreviated SCLC stands for Southern Christian Leadership Conference. It was a major Civil Rights Movement group, formed in 1957 by Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders to coordinate nonviolent protests across the Southern states, using church networks to organize and mobilize communities.

Understanding the others helps place SCLC in context: CORE is the Congress of Racial Equality, known for early direct-action tactics; the NAACP is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, focused largely on legal challenges to segregation; LULAC is the League of United Latin American Citizens, a Latino civil rights organization. The SCLC’s distinctive role was its religious framing and nationwide church-based leadership in promoting nonviolent action.