Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC) (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards

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SNCC full name & pronunciation

Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee ('snick')

Date of Greensboro sit-in

1 February 1960

SNCC formation: location & date

Raleigh, North Carolina, 16-18 April 1960

Author of SNCC's Statement of Purpose

Reverend James Lawson

Core principle of SNCC's philosophy

Non-violence rooted in Judaic-Christian traditions

Central force in SNCC's non-violent philosophy

Love - binding people to God and each other

Key achievement of SNCC's sit-in campaigns

Desegregation of lunch counters across the South

Location of SNCC's 1964 voter registration campaign

Lowndes County, Mississippi

Party SNCC created for political participation

Mississippi Free Democratic Party (MFDP)

Type of activism SNCC represented

Grassroots activism - bottom-up, local organising

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