While King returned home, the Selma workers got down to business. The day after King’s visit, Bevel and SCLC’s staff met with the three SNCC staffers and E. L. Doyle, representing the local citizens. Also sitting in was Rev. Ralph E. Smeltzer, a white representative of the Church of the Brethren who had been working behind the scenes in Selma for more than a year to improve race relations.
