In StruggleHarvard University Press, 1995 M04 3 - 384 pages With its radical ideology and effective tactics, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was the cutting edge of the civil rights movement during the 1960s. This sympathetic yet evenhanded book records for the first time the complete story of SNCC’s evolution, of its successes and its difficulties in the ongoing struggle to end white oppression. |
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... initial spark of the movement was a simple , impulsive act of defiance , one that required no special skills or resources . Planned the previous night , the " sit - in ” —as it would be called - was not the product of radical ...
Clayborne Carson. 6. SUSTAINING THE STRUGGLE The initial venture into McComb and the rise of the Albany Movement marked the beginning of SNCC's transition from its role as a coordinator of campus protest activities to one as the vanguard ...
... initial reports on his rally speeches . " Stokely tried to get me thrown off the march for exaggerating , ” Ricks re- counted . He told SNCC leaders of the overwhelmingly positive response of the crowds . " I left the people hollering ...
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In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s, With a New ... Clayborne Carson Limited preview - 1995 |