5 0 th ▁An ni versary ▁March ▁on ▁Washington . ▁ ▁History ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁King , ▁Jr . ▁called ▁for ▁a ▁coal ition ▁of ▁organizations ▁to ▁bring ▁on ▁new ▁strateg ies ▁for ▁over coming ▁bar riers ▁enfor ced ▁by ▁dist ress ed ▁and ▁dis adv ant aged ▁communities . ▁After ▁his ▁assass ination , ▁organizations ▁emer ged ▁with ▁new ▁out look s ▁on ▁breaking ▁bar riers , ▁but ▁many ▁were ▁not ▁considering ▁the ▁power ▁non vi ol ent ▁social ▁change ▁philosophy ▁could ▁bring ▁to ▁under priv ile ged ▁and ▁dis adv ant aged ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁C W BI ' s ▁emer gence ▁came ▁from ▁two ▁previous ▁organizations ▁looking ▁to ▁grasp ▁the ▁same ▁message ▁from ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁King , ▁Jr . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁Cor etta ▁Scott ▁King ▁established ▁the ▁Center ▁for ▁Community ▁Development ▁to ▁fill ▁the ▁void ▁of ▁her ▁late ▁husband ' s ▁vision . ▁Seven ▁years ▁later ▁this ▁initi ative ▁was ▁launched ▁nation ally ▁as ▁the ▁National ▁Institute ▁for ▁Community ▁Emp ower ment ▁( N ICE ) ▁by ▁Johnny ▁J . ▁Mack . ▁Their ▁flags hip ▁project ▁was ▁the ▁American ▁C ities ▁Project , ▁target ing ▁neighborhood s ▁in ▁major ▁city ▁urban ▁cent ers ▁across ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁goal ▁of ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁community ▁rest oration ▁and ▁rev ital izing ▁communities ▁through ▁non vi ol ent ▁social ▁development . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁N ICE ▁was ▁re - art ic ulated ▁and ▁Real izing ▁The ▁Dream ▁( RT D