Abbreviations
ACLU American Civil Liberties Union
ACMHR Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
ADA Americans for Democratic Action
AFSCME American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
AME African Methodist Episcopal
BPP Black Panthers Party
CCCO Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
CIC Commission on Interracial Cooperation
COFO Council of Federated Organizations
COINTELPRO Counter-Intelligence Program
COMINFIL FBI’s Communist Infiltration Investigation into SCLC
CORE Congress of Racial Equality
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FDR Franklin D. Roosevelt
FEPC Fair Employment Practice Committee
FOR Fellowship of Reconciliation
ICC Interstate Commerce Commission
IRS Internal Revenue Service
KKK Ku Klux Klan
LCCR Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
MFDP Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
MIA Montgomery Improvement Association
MOWM March on Washington Movement
NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NOI Nation of Islam
NSA National Student Association
OEO Office of Economic Opportunity
PUSH People United to Save Humanity
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