Born on May 5, 1921, in Bluefield, West Virginia, Reverend Charles Kenzie Steele became a leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement. As president of the Inter-Civic Council in Tallahassee, Florida, he helped organize the Tallahassee Bus Boycott of 1956, following the model of Montgomery. Steele later co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) alongside Martin Luther King Jr., promoting nonviolent resistance and racial justice across the South.
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