SNCC's Stories - 9780820358024

SNCC's StoriesThe African American Freedom Movement in the Civil Rights South\nAuthor(s): Sharon Monteith\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Georgia Press, United States\nImprint: University of Georgia Press\nISBN-13: 9780820358024, 978-0820358024\nSynopsis\nFormed in 1960 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was a high-profile civil rights collective led by young people. For Howard Zinn in 1964, SNCC members were new abolitionists, but SNCC pursued radical initiatives and Black Power politics in addition to reform. It was committed to grassroots organizing in towns and rural communities, facilitating voter registration and direct action through projects embedded in Freedom Houses, especially in the South: the setting for most of SNCCs stories. Over time, it changed from a tight cadre into a disparate group of many constellations but stood out among civil rights organizations for its participatory democracy and emphasis on local .