New York Office records, 1960-1969.

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New York Office records, 1960-1969.

The subgroup consists of records of the New York Office of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1960-1969. Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, financial records, and printed material documenting the operations of the New York Office, especially its efforts to raise money for the SNCC and its interest in international affairs.

13 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403509

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). New York 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. The International Affairs Commission was organized by James Forman following his 1966 resignation...