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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was organized to help coordinate sit-ins, freedom rides, and many other civil rights events.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
With the civil rights movement in full swing, the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a much-needed organization for the movement’s younger college activists. Adult leaders served in an advisory role, as the SNCC’s student leaders attempted to bring new strategies to the fight to end discrimination.
African American World: SNCC
A short article about the SNCC from PBS.
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