Button, "Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: We Shall Overcome," circa 1965
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was organized in 1960 after four black college students demanded service at a Woolworth's lunch counter. The organization worked with black communities throughout the South to support sit-ins and other non-violent direct actions protesting segregation, as well as register African-American voters. By the late 1960s, the organization had become more militant, often clashing with mainstream civil rights groups.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was organized in 1960 after four black college students demanded service at a Woolworth's lunch counter. The organization worked with black communities throughout the South to support sit-ins and other non-violent direct actions protesting segregation, as well as register African-American voters. By the late 1960s, the organization had become more militant, often clashing with mainstream civil rights groups.
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
circa 1963
Place of Creation
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All
Object ID
2000.32.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Plastic laminate
Paper (Fiber product)
Dimensions
Diameter: 2 in
Inscriptions
Obverse: STUDENT NONVIOLENT / COORDINATING COMMITTEE / WE / SHALL / OVERCOME
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