james forman was the organizer of the student non-violent coordinating committee (sncc) in april 1960.
james forman was the organizer of the student non-violent coordinating committee (sncc) in april 1960.
the organizer of the student non-violent coordinating committee (sncc) in april 1960 was?
james forman
in spring 1960, nearly two hundred students involved with the nationwide sit-in movement arrived in raleigh, north carolina for an organizing conference. there, the sclc (southern christian leadership conference), at ella baker's request, sponsored the students' meeting on april 15. martin luther king envisioned a simple sclc student league, but baker herself advised the youth to remain autonomous and follow their own principles. accordingly, in april 1960 nash was one of the leading founders of the student nonviolent coordinating committee (sncc - pronounced "snick"), independent of any adult organizations, and quit school to lead its direct action wing. in the coming years, organizations such as core and sclc would try to recruit sncc as their own student wing, with sncc always resisting the invitations. the student nonviolent coordinating committee would go on to be involved with some of the most important campaigns of the civil rights era, adding a fresh and active youth voice to the movement.
diane nash
booth's opposition to racial discrimination began when she was still in elementary school. she defended an african-american fellow student who was being attacked for allegedly stealing another student's lunch money. years later, she learned that the girl who made the accusation had put the money in her shoe and forgotten it. in a 1985 interview, booth said "i remember having the feeling that you don't do this to people." while in high school, she joined the congress of racial equality (core) to help protest woolworth's lunch counter discrimination in the south. in 1963, soon after enrolling in college, she joined the student non-violent coordinating committee (sncc) and, as head of the campus friends of sncc group, was student liaison to another coordinating committee, the chicago council of community organizations (ccco), that was protesting school segregation in the city. in that role she helped coordinate freedom schools in the chicago's south side.
heather booth