SNCC
by Howard Zinn
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)Civil rightsHistoryAfrican AmericansRace relations
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Howard Zinn tells the story of one of the most important political groups in American history. SNCC: The New Abolitionists influenced a generation of activists struggling for civil rights and seeking to learn from the successes and failures of those who built the fantastically influential Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It is considered an indispensable study of the organization, of the 1960s, and of the process of social change. Includes a new introduction by the author.
Themes & subjects
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)Civil rightsHistoryAfrican AmericansRace relationsCivil rights movements
Setting
Southern StatesUnited States20th century
About the author
Howard Zinn
24 August 1922 – 27 January 2010
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, *A Young People's History of the United States*. Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-war movement and labor history of the United States. His me…
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