SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)
Citation: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sncc
SNCC (Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee) History.com
The SNCC (Student Non-Violent
Coordinating Committee) was a civil-rights group formed to give younger blacks
a voice in the Civil Rights Movement. Ella Baker who was the director of the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), helped set the first meeting
of what became the SNCC. She was concerned that the SCLC which was led by
Martin Luther King Jr. could not reach out to the younger people, and the people
wanted to see quicker change. The organization played a large part in the “Freedom
Rides” that was aimed at desegregating buses. In 1966, Stokely Carmichael was
elected head of the SNCC and popularized the term “Black Power.” The term “Black
Power” symbolized that blacks would be resilient and that they would use
violence as a legitimate means of self-defense. The SNCC was disbanded in 1967.
Citation: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides
Freedom Rides, History.com
Freedom Riders were groups of
white and black civil right activists who participated in Freedom Rides, which
were bus trips through American south. The Freedom Rides started in 1961 to protest
segregated bus terminals. Civil Rights activists would drive on buses
protesting for equality and equality on public transportation. They received
threats and violent outbursts from the white mob, they Freedom Riders became
famous because their cause was broadcasted on the news.