Administrative files, 1960-1968.

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Administrative files, 1960-1968.

The series consists of administrative files of the Washington Office of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1960-1968. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, staff memoranda, and printed material. Of particular interest are files relating to congressional activity, the Friends of SNCC groups, and fund raising.

6.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403514

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). Washington 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 United States government files, 1960-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476677 ...