Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Collection:: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Title:: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Creator:: Holliman, Irene V.
Date of Original:: 2006-07-14
Subject:: African American civil rights workers--Southern States
African American students--Southern States
Civil rights movements--Southern States
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Location:: United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
Medium:: articles
Type:: Text
Description:: Encyclopedia article about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), one of the key organizations in the American civil rights movement in the 1960s. Established with the help of Ella Baker during a meeting at Shaw University campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, SNCC sought to coordinate youth-led nonviolent, direct-action campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism with members playing an integral role in sit-ins, "freedom rides," the 1963 March on Washington, and voter education projects like the Mississippi Freedom Summer.
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GSE identifier: SS8H11
Metadata URL:: https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/student-nonviolent-coordinating-committee-sncc/
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Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):: Cite as: "Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
Original Collection:: Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
Contributing Institution:: New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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