Movement History

Reflections Over 60 Years

“Mr. Say ain’t nothing, Mr. Do’s the Man.” “It is...

In Memoriam: Robert C. Mants, Jr.

Robert C. Mants, Jr. The SNCC Legacy Project mourns the...

In Memoriam: Norris McNamara

Norris McNamara 1942 - 2020 SNCC Staff photographer Norris McNamara passed...

In Memoriam: Morris Lenwood Ruffin, Jr.

Morris Lenwood Ruffin, Jr. 1944 - 2021 Morris Ruffin, later known...

In Memoriam: Mattie Bivins

Mattie Bivins February 24, 1940 - October 25, 2018 On a...

In Memoriam: Matthew Jones

Matthew Jones For us in SNCC, Matt Jones: friend, comrade...

In Memoriam: Matt Herron

Matt Herron 3 August 1931 - August 7, 2020 Matthew...

In Memoriam: Marshall Jones

Marshall Jones January 6, 1938 - March 29, 2020 SNCC Freedom...

In Memoriam: Marion Barry

Marion Barry Marion Barry, SNCC’s first Chairman, died November 23,...

In Memoriam: Lawrence Guyot

Lawrence Guyot WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lawrence Guyot, the scion of...

In Memoriam: Julius Lester

Julius Lester Julius Lester, SNCC photographer 1966-1968, died January 18,...

In Memoriam: Julian Bond

Julian Bond Julian Bond, Vice-Chair of the SNCC Legacy Project,...

In Memoriam: Joseph Charles Jones

Joseph Charles Jones August 23, 1937 – December 27, 2019 Charles...

In Memoriam: John M. O’Neal

John M. O'Neal Actor, playwright, director and cultural activist John...

In Memoriam: Joanne Gavin

Joanne Gavin 1932-2021 SNCC veteran Joanne Gavin died at home in...

In Memoriam: Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers 1937-2021 SNCC Veteran Jimmy Rogers passed away from Coronavirus...

In Memoriam: Jesse Lee Harris

Jesse Lee Harris SNCC veteran Jesse Lee Harris died January...

In Memoriam: Jean Wiley

Jean Wiley June 11, 1942 – December 9, 2019 The courage,...

In Memoriam: James O. Jones

James O. Jones 1943-2019 Former Director of the Arkansas SNCC Project...

In Memoriam: Ivanhoe Donaldson

Ivanhoe Donaldson 1941-2016 Ivanhoe Donaldson died April 3, 2016 in Washington,...

In Memoriam: Harriet Tanzman

Harriet Tanzman 1940-2020 Harriet Tanzman was born in Brooklyn, New York...

In Memoriam: Hardy Frye

Hardy Frye 1939-2021 Hardy Frye died at home in Berkeley,...

In Memoriam: Gloria Richardson

Gloria Richardson Gloria Richardson passed away at her home in...

In Memoriam: George L. Greene

George L. Greene October 8, 1943 - October 24, 2018 A...

In Memoriam: Faye Bellamy

Faye Bellamy Faye Bellamy was born in May, 1938 in...

In Memoriam: Eric Jones

Eric Jones 1943-2020 Eric Jones passed away on Wednesday morning, January...

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Martinez

Elizabeth Martinez 1925-2021 Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez died June 29, 2021...

In Memoriam: Eddie Charles Brown, Jr.

Eddie Charles Brown, Jr. “His devotion, eloquence and generosity of...

In Memoriam: Dr. Gwendolyn M. Patton

Dr. Gwendolyn M. Patton Dr. Gwendolyn M. Patton died suddenly...

In Memoriam: Donald P. Stone

Donald P. Stone 1935 - September 13, 2019 We are saddened...

In Memoriam: Dick Gregory

Dick Gregory October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017 Dick Gregory,...

In Memoriam: Debbie Amis Bell

Debbie Amis Bell 1940-2017 Debbie epitomized the word "activist." She was...

In Memoriam: Cornelius J. Jones

Cornelius J. Jones Cornelius J. Jones of Mendenhall, MS died...

In Memoriam: Connie Curry

Connie Curry 1933-2020 Connie Curry died June 20, 2020 in Atlanta,...

In Memoriam: Clifford A. Vaughs

Clifford A. Vaughs 1937-2016 Clifford A. Vaughs . . . civil...

In Memoriam: Charles McDew

Charles F. McDew June 1938 - April 3, 2018 Retired history...

In Memoriam: Betty Garman Robinson

Betty Garman Robinson January 8, 1939- October 11, 2020 Born in...

In Memoriam: Avon Rollins

Avon Rollins The passing of our brother, Avon Rollins (on...

In Memoriam: Dr. Doris Adelaide Derby

Dr. Doris Adelaide Derby 1939- 2022 The SNCC Legacy Project is...

Black Voter Suppression

Reading Introduction: A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND LEGACY...

Voting Rights Act: Beyond the Headlines

Reading Introduction: A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND LEGACY...

Voter Suppression

Voter suppression was spark that ignited Ocoee Massacre. A...

SNCC Student Voice

Documenting The Movement: Voter Suppression, Aggression & Determined Resistance Through...

Legacy Speaks: Mrs. Victoria Jackson Gray

A statement from Victoria Jackson Gray, Mississippi Freedom Democratic...

Constitutional Law At The Center: The Perennial Struggle Black Voting Rights

1. THE 3/5TH COMPROMISE What it means The Three-Fifths Compromise refers...

1st Principles of Organizing

14 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZING ...

Education

4 LESSONS LEARNED FROM EDUCATION Just as reading and...

Human & Civil Rights

6 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN AND...

Electoral Politics

5 LESSONS LEARNED FROM ELECTORAL POLITICS Politics is the...

SNCC: What We Did

“Strong people don’t need strong leaders,” Ella Baker told...

SNCC: The Importance of its Work, the Value of its Legacy

The time was 1960, the place the U.S.A. That February...

In Memoriam: Robert “Bob” Parris Moses

Robert "Bob" Parris Moses 1935 - 2021 The SNCC Legacy Project...

The SNCC Narrative

SNCC EARLY HISTORY SNCC was founded in April 1960 by...

In Memoriam: Curtis Muhammad

Curtis Muhammad 1943-2022 The SNCC Legacy Project pays tribute to SNCC...

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