Introduction
Proud, dedicated and amazing are all words that describe the SNCC. What is your position on their Black power moto? This essay will explore the inspiring civil rights group that was the Student-Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. You will learn about SNCC’s leaders, their strategies and their greatest accomplishments. You will look at the SNCC in a totally different way after you read this. It will take you on an amazing journey through the SNCC’s history. This writer believes that the SNCC had a huge positive effect on the fight for civil rights.
The SNCC’s approach to fighting for civil rights
The SNCC had many methods of protesting for what they believed in. Some of those ways were using self defense, the lunch counter …show more content…
They organized a huge voter registration drive in Mississippi. Members of the SNCC went from door to door encouraging people to cast their votes. Some other civil rights groups at the time were The SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) and The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Some civil rights leaders were Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Medgar Evers and John Lewis. The SNCC was considered different from all the other civil rights groups because they used participatory democracy. For example, they would have meetings where anyone was free to make a speech or simply just talk about any issue for as long as they wanted. The meeting was not over until everyone was on the same accord about everything that was said. The SNCC inspired many young people to not only to join them but to join the overall movement. SNCC drew people from all over the country to come to their protests and rallies. By involving the Black youth of America, they gave the civil rights movement a new …show more content…
Some are positive and some are negative. You could say that the SNCC’s strategy was ineffective. If you said that, you would be totally wrong. It is obvious that the SNCC’s strategies were very effective and that they really affected the movement in a very positive way. Some may say they were too radical. Well, they were radical, but in a way that really helped them gain ground in the fight for civil rights. It has even been said that the only thing they did was make people angry and annoyed! The thing is, they did. They got in people's heads. The people’s heads who were fighting against them. By being so radical and aggressive, they made huge progress. Now, you may say all these those bad things about SNCC, but just know, that none of them will be
Proud, dedicated and amazing are all words that describe the SNCC. What is your position on their Black power moto? This essay will explore the inspiring civil rights group that was the Student-Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. You will learn about SNCC’s leaders, their strategies and their greatest accomplishments. You will look at the SNCC in a totally different way after you read this. It will take you on an amazing journey through the SNCC’s history. This writer believes that the SNCC had a huge positive effect on the fight for civil rights.
The SNCC’s approach to fighting for civil rights
The SNCC had many methods of protesting for what they believed in. Some of those ways were using self defense, the lunch counter …show more content…
They organized a huge voter registration drive in Mississippi. Members of the SNCC went from door to door encouraging people to cast their votes. Some other civil rights groups at the time were The SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) and The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Some civil rights leaders were Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Medgar Evers and John Lewis. The SNCC was considered different from all the other civil rights groups because they used participatory democracy. For example, they would have meetings where anyone was free to make a speech or simply just talk about any issue for as long as they wanted. The meeting was not over until everyone was on the same accord about everything that was said. The SNCC inspired many young people to not only to join them but to join the overall movement. SNCC drew people from all over the country to come to their protests and rallies. By involving the Black youth of America, they gave the civil rights movement a new …show more content…
Some are positive and some are negative. You could say that the SNCC’s strategy was ineffective. If you said that, you would be totally wrong. It is obvious that the SNCC’s strategies were very effective and that they really affected the movement in a very positive way. Some may say they were too radical. Well, they were radical, but in a way that really helped them gain ground in the fight for civil rights. It has even been said that the only thing they did was make people angry and annoyed! The thing is, they did. They got in people's heads. The people’s heads who were fighting against them. By being so radical and aggressive, they made huge progress. Now, you may say all these those bad things about SNCC, but just know, that none of them will be