The Birmingham campaign , or Birmingham movement , was a movement Social_event organized Arranging in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC ) to bring Bringing attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham , Alabama .

It was organized Arranging by Martin Luther King , Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC ) , and carried out Military_operation under the leadership of Ralph Abernathy in the wake of King 's assassination .

The National African American Leadership Summit , a leading group of civil rights activists and the Nation of Islam working with scores of civil rights organizations , including many local chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( but not the national NAACP ) formed Coming_to_be the Million Man March Organizing Committee .

The founder of the National African American Leadership Summit , Dr. Benjamin Chavis , Jr. served Giving as National Director of the Million Man March .