Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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civil rights organization nonprofit organization student organization

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a major youth-led civil rights organization in the United States, best known for organizing sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and voter registration drives in the 1960s.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights organization → nonprofit organization → student organization →
country	United States →
dissolved	1970s →
focus	desegregation → racial equality → voting rights →
foundedAt	Shaw University →
hasPart	SNCC Freedom Singers →
headquartersLocation	Atlanta, Georgia →
ideology	nonviolence →
inception	1960 →
keyPerson	Bernard Lafayette → Bob Moses → Diane Nash → Ella Baker → Fannie Lou Hamer → James Forman → John Lewis → Julian Bond → Stokely Carmichael →
language	English →
method	boycotts → community organizing → freedom rides → nonviolent direct action → sit-ins → voter registration campaigns →
movement	Civil Rights Movement →
notableCampaign	Lowndes County Freedom Organization →
notableFor	Freedom Rides → Freedom Summer → organizing youth in the Civil Rights Movement → sit-ins → voter registration drives →
opposedTo	Jim Crow laws → racial segregation →
participatedIn	Birmingham campaign → Freedom Rides → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → Mississippi Freedom Summer → Selma to Montgomery marches →
positionHeld	James Forman was executive secretary of SNCC → John Lewis was chairman of SNCC → Stokely Carmichael was chairman of SNCC →
regionServed	American South →
shortName	SNCC →
slogan	"One man, one vote" →

Referenced by (51)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bernard Lafayette → Bob Moses → Diane Nash → Ella Baker → Fannie Lou Hamer → H. Rap Brown → James Forman → John Lewis → Julian Bond → Stokely Carmichael →	memberOf
Bayard Rustin → James Bevel ("Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activists") → James Forman → Murder of Emmett Till ("Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activism") →	influenced
Congress of Racial Equality → Congress of Racial Equality → Dallas County Voters League →	collaboratedWith
Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965) → March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → Turnaround Tuesday →	organizedBy
Jim Zwerg → SNCC Freedom Singers →	affiliatedWith
Freedom Riders National Monument → H. Rap Brown ("SNCC") →	associatedWith
Diane Nash → Julian Bond →	coFounded
Freedom Rides → Freedom Rides ("SNCC") →	coOrganizedBy
Bob Moses → Fannie Lou Hamer →	employer
Albany Movement → Council of Federated Organizations →	foundedBy
Black Power movement → New Left →	hasKeyOrganization
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party →	alliedWith
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) →	associatedWithOrganization
1966 Meredith March Against Fear →	continuedBy
African-American history →	hasKeyInstitution
Council of Federated Organizations →	hasMember
Freedom Summer →	hasOrganizer
Jackson Movement →	hasParticipant
Lowndes County Freedom Organization →	inspiredBy
American civil rights movement →	keyOrganization
Laurie Pritchett →	opposedBy
Selma to Montgomery marches →	organizer
Albany Movement ("Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activists") →	participant
Catherine Burks-Brooks →	partOf
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ("SNCC") →	shortName
St. Augustine movement →	supportedBy
SNCC Freedom Singers →	supportedOrganization
Charles Person →	wasMemberOf