On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:36:10 -0600, Morris Dovey
wrote:


Religious institutions provided rallying points and lines of
communication vital to the movement - but so did many
non-religious institutions (like public schools, colleges,
universities, and fraternal organizations).


Religious institutions were also the primary avenue of
personal advancement for especially talented black
men, such as MLK. This is one reason that the civil
rights movement revolved around people such as MLK
and Abernathy.