Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). Atlanta Office.

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was created in 1960 at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its purpose was to coordinate the student protest movement. SNCC led voter registration drives in Mississippi and other southern states, held civil rights demonstrations advocating social integration, and sponsored the Freedom Summer of 1964 in Mississippi.

The Executive Secretary, appointed by the Executive Board, was the chief executive officer of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Jane Stembridge and Edward King (1959-1961), provided leadership for the organization until the position of executive secretary was created formally in 1961. They were followed by James Forman (1961-1966), Ruby Doris Smith Robinson (1966), and Stanley Wise (1966-1968).