Southern Christian Leadership Conference Plans Poor People's Campaign

Clay's father, the Rev. Arthur P. Clay, led the Louisiana SCLC. At 15, Clay became the youngest member of the organization's national board of directors.

Clay said his tenure as president will be temporary, and that he has no aspirations to be the permanent leader of the SCLC.

"I am not interested in promoting Byron Clay," he said. "I didn't ask for this position, I didn't seek it."