... , King and the SCLC decided to pressure President Eisenhower about voting-rights laws and the proposed Civil Rights Act. To put pressure on the administration, King, Rustin, and NAACP head Roy Wilkings planned a prayer pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. The march did not persuade Congress to pass a strong civil-rights act, and President Eisenhower still would not meet with black leaders. In September ... ...

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... SCLC, and of their relationships to Communism and homosexuality. The FBI hoped to use the information to discredit King and his organization. In June of 1958, King joined A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and National Urban League leader Lester B. Granger in an unsatisfactory meeting with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In September King was again arrested in Montgomery as he tried to enter a courtroom ... ...

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