Why Did the Progress of Civil Rights in America Falter in the Latter Part of the 1950s?

Following the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956 the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was established. The creation of this organization caused divisions within the Civil Rights movement and tensions with other groups, in particular the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The NAACP initially saw the SCLC as antagonists and hindered many of their early campaigns/ rallies. Although cooperation between the two groups increased over time, the SCLC was not able to achieve much in its first few years. Martin Luther King, leader of the SCLC, was known for clashing with other leaders such as Adam Clayton Powell and Jesse Jackson. He had also been accused of being a 'glory seeker' and having a 'messiah complex'. …