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

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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.

From the description of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party files, 1960-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476667

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associatedWith Coleman, J. P. 1914-1991. person
associatedWith Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)) corporateBody
associatedWith Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Congress corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Mississippi
Southern States
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African Americans
African Americans
Civil rights
Civil rights movement
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Corporate Body

Active 1960

Active 1967

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