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Report: MLK III to become head of SCLC
October 26, 1997
Web posted at: 4:29 p.m. EST (2129 GMT)ATLANTA (CNN) -- Martin Luther King III will become the next president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Sunday. The organization was founded by his late father and other civil rights leaders 40 years ago.
The Rev. Joseph Lowery, who is stepping down after 20 years as head of the civil rights group, told the newspaper that convention delegates will meet next Saturday at Ebenezer Baptist Church to vote on the appointment.
Lowery told The Associated Press he could neither confirm nor deny the report. King could not be reached for comment.
Martin Luther King Jr. served as SCLC president from 1957 until his assassination in 1968. Lowery announced his retirement early this year, but a successor had not been selected at the time of the SCLC anniversary banquet held in his honor in July. At the time, King reportedly was considered a viable candidate for the job.
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