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Today is the 63rd anniversary of SNCC!
From organizing sit-ins to registering voters, SNCC's legacy is one of unwavering dedication to justice and equality. Join us in honoring their legacy and continuing the fight for a better tomorrow! #SNCC #CivilRights #Legacy #History
From organizing sit-ins to registering voters, SNCC's legacy is one of unwavering dedication to justice and equality. Join us in honoring their legacy and continuing the fight for a better tomorrow! #SNCC #CivilRights #Legacy #History
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These resources offer valuable information on the courageous work of SNCC activists in the fight for civil rights and their continued impact on social justice movements today. #MovementPioneers #SNCC
#SNCC101: In McComb, MS, SNCC organizers were often subjected to brutal force, blatant racism, and various other forms of violence at the hands of police officers, white nationalists, and the local judicial systems.
Bob Moses was no stranger to these harsh conditions. He moved to McComb in 1961 after spending the summer as a field organizer throughout that region and discussing the potential for a mass voter registration with Amzie Moore, a prominent NAACP colleague.
He worked alongside a group of local adults, high school students, and youth who helped with canvassing and the voter registration campaign. On August 15, 1961, Moses and a group of hopeful registrants were pulled over by police after being denied the right to register.
Did You Know? Before Uber or Lyft, SNCC developed a system of shared rides for organizers in the South called the Sojourner Motor Fleet.
“When a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee field secretary began work in Marshall County, Mississippi in the summer of 1962, he had to ride a mule from settlement to settlement.” The same was true in Wilcox County, Alabama in 1965.
SNCC workers needed to traverse rutted, dusty back roads and long stretches of highway to organize in the rural areas of the Deep South. Cars were so important that SNCC formed its own transportation company, the Sojourner Motor Fleet, Inc., to keep its staff mobile.
