Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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civil rights movement role leadership position organizational office

The Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was the chief administrative and strategic officer of one of the most influential civil rights organizations of the 1960s, responsible for coordinating its campaigns, staff, and national activities.

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Label	Occurrences
Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights movement role ⓘ leadership position ⓘ organizational office ⓘ
aimsTo	advance racial equality in the United States ⓘ support grassroots organizing in the American South ⓘ
appliesTo	Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Freedom Rides ⓘ March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ⓘ Freedom Summer ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Freedom Summer Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ surface form: Selma voting rights campaign
basedIn	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	African-American civil rights movement ⓘ civil rights activism ⓘ social justice organizing ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	SNCC staff assignments ⓘ coordination of SNCC field offices ⓘ
hasOrganizationalLevel	national ⓘ
historicalContext	American civil rights era ⓘ
inception	1960 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movement	Black freedom struggle ⓘ nonviolent direct action movement ⓘ
notableOfficeholder	Courtland Cox ⓘ James Forman ⓘ Ruby Doris Smith-Robinson ⓘ
officeHolderRole	chief administrative officer of SNCC ⓘ chief strategist of SNCC ⓘ
partOf	Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
positionHeldInOrganization	Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
reportsTo	Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ surface form: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairperson Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ surface form: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee executive committee
responsibleFor	administration of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ coordination of field projects ⓘ coordination of national campaigns ⓘ coordination of staff ⓘ day-to-day operations of the organization ⓘ implementation of decisions of the SNCC leadership ⓘ strategic direction of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
roleIn	civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
timePeriod	1960s ⓘ
typicalSelectionMethod	election by SNCC leadership ⓘ
usedByOrganizationType	student civil rights organization ⓘ
usedNonviolentPhilosophy	yes ⓘ
workLocation	SNCC national office ⓘ

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James Forman → positionHeld → Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ