SOCI 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kelly Miller Smith, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Wyatt Tee Walker

• School: Towson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 241
• Professor: Clifford

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Nclc, ucmi, pia: nashville ucmi reverend kelly miller smith, also, a teacher at a seminary school, number of learning institutions for african americans, college students played a huge role, la/tx ucmi; dr. c. o. Importance of sit-ins: morris argues that the period between the 1950s bus boycotts and the 1960 sit-ins provided pivotal resources for the emerging civil rights movement, arguing that all of this organizing made sit-ins possible. Greensboro sit-in: often described as the first sit-in, often seen as evidence that the movement was not well organized; sit-in clusters. Sncc: student non-violent coordinating committee; 1963, was not a local movement; came from around multiple places, did not want the strict leadership and older people telling them what to do.