In 1957 Martin Luther King helped establish this religious organization, the SCLC
[DOC] [TLE] Our History | sclcnational.org - Southern Christian Leadership ... [PAR] The boycott was carried out by the newly established Montgomery ... Martin 
Luther King, Jr. served as President and Ralph David Abernathy served as ... 
1957, to form a regional organization and coordinate protest activities across the 
South.