1. Martin Luther King, Jr
... , therefore, they should not have the same rights as whites. A secret society called the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) had been organized to uphold this white "supremacy-. KKK members burned blacks' homes and churches, and even hanged blacks simply for "talking back- to whites. When these hangings, or lynchings, occurred, the police often looked the other way. Seldom did a court of law ... . Plans were made to extend protests all over the South. A new organization was formed that was called SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) and King was elected its president, a position he held until h...
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