Under the leadership of King, the organization utilized the power and independence of black churches as the strength of its activities. ... ACMHR and SCLC sought to desegregate public facilities and attain equal employment opportunities for Birmingham's black citizens by targeting the city's department stores. ... Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth One of the founding members of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Fred Shuttlesworth brought a militant voice to the struggle for black equality. ... Alabama Christian ...

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It is a book about power, and how he aims to quell the idea that power has to be gained from violence. ... It is in this book that he states the inherent power in "silent protest", an idea that would later have him holding the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. ... He truly believed in the power inherent in the black community and felt that it could be used very effectively in the alleviation of their struggle, but he believed that it didn't need to be done through rioting and violence. The first example of non-violent protest was the Montgomery Movement and the boycott of the buses. ... This was...

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