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

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

Gathered around Meredith’s hospital bed, leaders from three civil rights organizations—SCLC, SNCC, and CORE—vowed to complete the march for the fallen activist.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson