...books. "We can't stand back and let the predominantly white institutions get the best of both worlds," said Dexter Wimbish, the council's executive director. "They're going to be able to exclude our brightest kids, but at the same...

...SCLC hopes to register 1 million new voters nationwide, according to the civil rights group's general counsel, Dexter Wimbish. "The SCLC is only interested in getting people to the polls, and we're using the excitement around this election...

...convention opens this weekend in Memphis, Tenn., where Dr. King was killed in 1968. The group's general counsel, Dexter Wimbish, said the SCLC has been focused on rebuilding and addressing issues that don't always make headlines. "We're...

...mid-1990s in which arson increased at both black and white churches. Southern Christian Leadership Conference spokesman Dexter Wimbish said every American citizen should be allowed to worship without fear or intimidation. Five Alabama churches were...