August 7, 2024
Dr. Chares Steele, Jr.
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Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., the Last of the Traditional Civil Rights Leaders in the U.S., to Step Down as President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference This Month
Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., believed to be the last of the traditional civil rights leaders who followed in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the co-founder and first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), announced today that he will step down from the internationally renowned organization on August 31, 2024, after the SCLC’s 65th Annual Conference, which will be held on August 9 and 10, 2024 in Atlanta at the Doubletree by Hilton Atlanta Airport, 3400 Norman Berry Dr.