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In SNCC, Howard Zinn offers a detailed history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, charting its formation, campaigns, and lasting influence on the civil‑rights movement. Drawing on extensive research, the book examines how the Committee’s grassroots strategies helped shape the broader struggle for racial equality in the South and across the nation. Zinn’s narrative situates the organization within the larger tapestry of 1960s activism, highlighting both its successes and the challenges it faced while calling on contemporary activists to learn from its legacy. The volume includes a new introduction by the author that frames the Committee’s role in the broader context of social change.
First publish date: 1964
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Howard Zinn
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