SNCC
Organizations & Companies abbreviation · Nonprofit
| Stands for | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
|---|---|
| Categories | Organizations & Companies |
SNCC stands for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a nonprofit abbreviation.
Civil rights organization formed by college students in 1960 that organized sit-ins, joined the Freedom Rides and led voter registration drives such as the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer.
Example: SNCC volunteers went door to door registering Black voters in Mississippi.
Usage notes
It was founded at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, with guidance from organizer Ella Baker. John Lewis chaired it from 1963 to 1966, and under Stokely Carmichael it embraced the slogan "Black Power". It declined by the end of the 1960s. It is pronounced "snick".
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