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Birthed by HBCU students, this organization offers important lessons for today's student activists

  • Written by Jelani Favors, Associate Professor of History, Clayton State University
Members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) , 1964.Afro Newspaper/Gado/Getty Images

April 15, 2020 marks 60 years since the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, perhaps better known as SNCC, and usually pronounced as “snick.” SNCC became one of the most important organizations to engage in...

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