Jim Clyburn was an active participant in the civil rights movement, serving as president of the local youth chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and participating in demonstrations, including a 1961 march on the South Carolina State House. He was also an organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He has said that a 1960 meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., changed his life.
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