From Sit-Ins to SNCC

The Student Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s

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ID23242003
EditorsIwan Morgan (0000-0003-3843-371X), Philip Davies (0000-0002-6720-3166)
Year2012
Pages200
Publication date2012-08-05
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueFrom sit-ins to SNCC (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity Press of Florida (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5744/florida/9780813041513.001.0001
OpenAlexW1562614380
Open LibraryOL25276200M
ISBN9780813041513
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited4

Central to the collection s theme is the idea that [SNCC] was diffuse with different visions, and not a hierarchy. The approach was local, and the results hinged on the locality. . . . Adds much to the discussion of the nonviolent resistance movement. Choice Provides fresh and original insights into the student protest movement of the 1960s. A must for anyone interested in the history of the SNCC or the civil rights struggle. Kevern Verney, Edge Hill UniversityThe contributors provide provocative analyses of such topics as the dynamics of grassroots student civil rights activism, the organizational and cultural changes within SNCC, the impact of the sit-ins on the white South, the evolution of black nationalist ideology within the student movement, works of fiction written by movement activists, and the changing international outlook of student-organized civil rights movements.

Civil rights · Grassroots · Ideology · Media studies · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Vision · American Political and Social Dynamics · Critical Race Theory in Education · Law · Race, History, and American Society · 20th century · African americans · Civil rights demonstrations · Civil rights movements · College students · History · Political activity · race relations · Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) · united states

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