Most early SNCC members could recount at least one story about Smith-Robinson. Julian Bond remembered that when a delegation of SNCC staff was preparing to board a plane for Africa in the fall of 1964 to observe the success of the nonviolence technique, an airline representative told them the plane was overbooked and asked if they would wait and take a later flight.
Most early SNCC members could recount at least one story about Smith-Robinson. Julian Bond remembered that when a delegation of SNCC staff were preparing to depart for Africa in 1964 to observe the success of nonviolent tactics, an airline representative informed them that their plane was overbooked and asked if they would be willing to wait and take a later flight.