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

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

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

From Salon

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

From Salon

Ruby Doris Smith Robinson, SNCC’s formidable executive secretary, described the dilemma.

From Washington Post