Birth of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) | Equal Justice Initiative

By EJI, Equal Justice Initiative On April 15, 1960, black college students guided by civil rights activist Ella Baker formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at Shaw University in North Carolina. Inspired by the sit-ins that college students waged throughout the South in February 1960, Ella Baker organized a conference at Shaw University to bring […]

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