Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

On february 1, 1960 in Greensboro NC, a group of black university students refused to leave a lunch counter at Woolworth's where they were being served. This started many more groups of black people across the south to refuse to leave from places they were not allowed to be, called "sit-ins". A few months later Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina created the SNCC, (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) pronounced "snick" program.
This committee's philosophy was to protest civil rights by using no violence. They stood up for many issues such as race segregation, Vietnam War, voting rights and the feminist movement. The SNCC viewed racism and prejudice actions as a major social problem.
The committee was lead by John Lewis who stood tall for the civil rights of blacks in America. He played a major part in the Freedom Ballot, as well as speaking at the March in Washington in 1963.
The SNCC sought and made changes in American society. In the 1970's it was no longer the large organization it had become since they had achieved their goal.

By: Hudson Wyman