Complex sentence: SCLC ultimately remained neutral in the MFDP dispute in order to maintain its warm ties with the Democratic coalition, but much of SNCC now saw themselves in an adversarial position with an American establishment which had scorned grassroots democracy.
Split into simpler sentences: SCLC ultimately remained neutral in the MFDP dispute in order to maintain its warm ties with the Democratic coalition. Many SNCC members believed they were in an adversarial position with an American establishment which had scorned grassroots democracy.