Student activists meeting at Shaw University form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, with Ella Baker's guidance.
At a Glance
- Date
- 17 April 1960
- Location
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Key people
- Ella Baker, John Lewis, Diane Nash
- Category
- Organizations & Institutions
- Source
- SNCC founding records (1960) · SNCC Digital Gateway
What It Meant Then
It gave the sit-in generation an independent organization for grassroots organizing.
What It Means Now
SNCC became the engine of the Freedom Rides, voter drives, and Freedom Summer.
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- Chicago
- Black-History.com Editors. “The SNCC Is Founded.” Black-History.com. September 30, 2026. https://black-history.com/on-this-day/the-sncc-is-founded/.
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