From Sit-Ins to SNCC

. Ed(s): Morgan, Iwan; Davies, Philip

ISBN 10: 0813049598 / ISBN 13: 9780813049595

Published by University Press of Florida, 2013

About this Item

In the wake of the fiftieth anniversary of the historic sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter by four North Carolina A&T college students, From Sit-Ins to SNCC brings together the work of leading civil rights scholars to offer a new and groundbreaking perspective on student-oriented activism in the 1960s. Editor(s): Morgan, Iwan; Davies, Philip. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 180 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330. . 2013. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Sit-Ins to SNCC
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813049598
• ISBN 13: 9780813049595
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

“Central to the collection’s theme is the idea that [SNCC] was diffuse with different visions, and not a hierarchy. The approach was local, and the results hinged on the locality. . . . Adds much to the discussion of the nonviolent resistance movement.”—Choice

“Provides fresh and original insights into the student protest movement of the 1960s. A must for anyone interested in the history of the SNCC or the civil rights struggle.”—Kevern Verney, Edge Hill University

The contributors provide provocative analyses of such topics as the dynamics of grassroots student civil rights activism, the organizational and cultural changes within SNCC, the impact of the sit-ins on the white South, the evolution of black nationalist ideology within the student movement, works of fiction written by movement activists, and the changing international outlook of student-organized civil rights movements.

 

About the Author

Iwan Morgan, professor of US Studies and Commonwealth Fund chair of American History at the University College London, is the author of numerous books including The Age of Deficits. Philip Davies, director of the British Library’s Eccles Center for American Studies, has written widely in U.S. politics and is coeditor of America’s Americans: Population Issues in U.S. Politics and Society.