AMS 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Emmett Till, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Anne Moody
19 Nov 2016
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THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE
I. INTRODUCTION
a. Anne Moody coming of age in the 1950s where Civil Rights Movement is happening
b. High school students and college students as political activists
i. Young adults
c. SNCC
i. 1960
ii. Formed by young adults
iii. Involved with many of the activities associated with other popular leaders MLK
and Rosa Parks
• Shared goals:
• Integration (desegregation) in private and public spaces
• Right to vote; restore full voting privileges and rights
• Differenced
• Believed in grassroots organizing
• Supported working as a community, not just a leader
II. RECENT ROOTS OF SNCC (STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTE)
a. THE WWII YEARS
i. There was a lot of tension because of clashing populations
ii. Rhetoric of equality and freedom vs inequality at home
iii. Absurdity of inequality in the United States when they fight in the name of
democracy and freedom, both of which define their ideology
b. THE POSTWAR YEARS
i. 1955: Murder of Emmett Till
• 14-year old visiting family in Mississippi
• He is from the North (Chicago)
• "Hey, Baby" to a white lady
• Kidnapped, murdered, found in a river unrecognizable except for a
ring with his initials
• Becomes a foundation for a renewed movement
ii. End of 1955: Bus boycotts
• In Alabama
• Rosa Parks
• Specific boycott turns into a year-long bus boycotts
iii. Little Rock
iv. 1960
• Whole series of events
• Show us that social movements
• February 1: North Carolina
III. THE BIRTH OF SNCC
a. CATALYST - THE SIT-INS: FROM 4 (JOSEPH MCNEIL, IZELL BLAIR,
FRANKLING MCCAIN, AND DAVID RICHMOND) TO 50,000-PLUS
i. February 1, 1960: Sit-in in Woolworth's
• Don't get up
• Next day come back with more people to do the same
• Come to an agreement with the store owners
• Over next weeks, sit-ins become popular throughout the nation
(50,000 people)
ii. April 1960
• Shaw University
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Document Summary
Introduction: anne moody coming of age in the 1950s where civil rights movement is happening, high school students and college students as political activists. Involved with many of the activities associated with other popular leaders mlk and rosa parks: shared goals: Integration (desegregation) in private and public spaces: right to vote; restore full voting privileges and rights, differenced, believed in grassroots organizing, supported working as a community, not just a leader. Recent roots of sncc (student nonviolent coordinating committe) There was a lot of tension because of clashing populations: rhetoric of equality and freedom vs inequality at home. Absurdity of inequality in the united states when they fight in the name of democracy and freedom, both of which define their ideology. 14-year old visiting family in mississippi: he is from the north (chicago) Kidnapped, murdered, found in a river unrecognizable except for a ring with his initials. Specific boycott turns into a year-long bus boycotts: whole series of events.
