Historical Organization

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Also known as: SNCC

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Organization Timeline

The Shaw University conference begins the formation of SNCC

📅 15 April 1960

Student activists met at Shaw University on 15–17 April at Ella Baker’s invitation and formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. They shared experiences and developed an independent...

Nashville activists resume the Freedom Rides

📅 17 May 1961

Student activists from Nashville resumed the rides after violence threatened to end the campaign. Diane Nash helped coordinate their continuation. The decision demonstrated that organized local...

A new phase of the Selma voting-rights campaign begins

📅 2 January 1965

SCLC joined the Dallas County Voters League, SNCC and local residents in an intensified voting-rights campaign. Black residents had long confronted obstruction when attempting to register. The new...

The call for Black Power gains a national platform in Greenwood

📅 16 June 1966

During the March Against Fear, Stokely Carmichael and fellow organizers popularized the call for Black Power. It expressed demands for collective political and economic control as well as dignity. The...