(Third Way, 4) Perhaps one of the best-known examples of Black Nationalism is the Nation of Islam. ... Members were reminded that their last names were names that had been imposed on them by the "White Devils" and that they should drop their Christian last name and substitute it with the letter X until their true names were revealed to them. ...
With the help of the Christian church they managed to start a kind of non-violent revolution which finally made the white people understand the injustice of segregation, so that discrimination by law was finally abolished. ... King set about organising the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) which gave him a base of operation throughout the South. ... Nine pupils had to be escorted by federal troops as they tried to enter Central High School in Little Rock. ...
A new organization was formed that was called SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) and King was elected its president, a position he held until his assassination. ... SCLC's motto was "to redeem the soul of America- that reflected both its Christian orientation and its commitment to nonviolence. ... In September 1957, Eisenhower finally acted to protect civil rights when the state of Arkansas refused to admit nine black students to Little Rock high school. ...
