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

Its Atlanta headquarters would soon struggle to pay utility bills as the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith and a string of national Jewish groups denounced the SNCC.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Its members held long, almost endless discussions, especially SNCC.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2024

Charlie Cobb, who was also in SNCC, helped Moses write his 2001 book, “Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2021

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