On this day, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was officially organized during a meeting at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Initiated by Ella Baker, SNCC became one of the most influential organizations of the Civil Rights Movement, empowering young people to take direct, nonviolent action against racial segregation. The group played a critical role in sit-ins, Freedom Rides, voter registration drives, and the 1963 March on Washington.
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