SNCC

American  

[snik] / snɪk /

noun

1. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: a U.S. civil rights organization formed by students and active especially during the 1960s, whose aim was to achieve political and economic equality for African Americans through local and regional action groups.

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SNCC British  

/ snɪk /

acronym

1. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (1960–69) and Student National Coordinating Committee (from 1969); a civil-rights organization

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Etymology

Origin of SNCC

First recorded in 1960, when it was founded

Example Sentences

His nonviolence workshops nurtured many of the leaders who would propel the movement in the 1960s, including Lewis, who was one of the organizers of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, known as SNCC.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2024

Many of the Big 6 Civil Rights organizations, Including SNCC, the NAACP, and King’s SCLC, received funding from Jewish benefactors.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2023

In 1960, he traveled to Shaw University in North Carolina for a civil rights conference that led to the creation of SNCC.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022

He sought out the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Atlanta but found little activity in the office and soon turned his attention to SNCC.

From Fox News • Jul. 26, 2021

“He listened with a smile,” said Miss Faye Bellamy, secretary of the SNCC, who accompanied Malcolm X to a Negro church where he would address a mass meeting.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey