I Will Not Be Silent And I Will Be Heard: Martin Luther King, Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Penn Center 1964-1967

This booklet discusses the relationship between Penn Center on St. Helena Island and Martin Luther King, Jr. and his leadership in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Penn Center was the successor to Penn School, which had been founded during the Civil War by Northern missionaries who helped educate and train the local Black community after Federal forces had occupied the area. During the Civil Rights Movement, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference frequently chose Penn Center as the site for its meetings, workshops, and staff retreats as did other organizations from all over the South.