By George E. Curry
As the nation was mourning the deaths of civil rights icons Benjamin L. Hooks and Dorothy Irene Height, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s organization, was trying to resolve a nasty split in its leadership ranks that involves allegations of ethical and criminal misconduct.
Last week the splintered board of trustees of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was holding two separate meetings, one in Atlanta, where SCLC is headquartered, and another 211 miles to the west in Eutaw, Ala., the hometown of ousted treasurer Spiver Gordon.
The separate meetings were just another episode in a fierce – and embarrassing – battle to oust Gordon and Board Chairman Raleigh Trammell of Dayton, Ohio after they were accused of diverting at least $569,000 over the past four years from a SCLC account they controlled. The account was initially set up to cover SCLC-related expenses incurred by board members. Unlike other organization accounts, however, it was controlled by Trammell and Gordon and some board members were unaware of its existence.
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