Education Dept. records, 1960-1967.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Education Dept. records, 1960-1967.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476663

The series consists of records of the Education Dept. of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1960-1967. Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, and program proposals relating to SNCC's attempts to establish a strong educational program among and beyond its membership. Projects documented in this series include SNCC's Scholarship Program, the Selma (Ala.) Literacy Project, the Work Study Institute, and the Freedom Schools.

1 linear ft.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7403503

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx5c0z (corporateBody)

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: ...

Merritt, Carole

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qg6hfg (person)