On the Frontline of Redemption: SNCC and Its Contribution to the Civil Rights Movement, 1961 - 1965

Mgr. Juraj Seriš

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

My work traces the formation in the United States of America of an autonomous student-led organization named SNCC (read "snick"), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It shows the process of its assuming the role of the prime mover of the whole Civil Rights Movement in the early through mid-1960s. It depicts how SNCC staff designed and carried out most of the major campaigns in that period. At the end, the thesis also tries to give an explanation for its gradual breakdown.

Keywords

Civil Rights Movement, sit-in, nonviolence, Freedom Ride, Freedom Vote/Ballot, voter registration, Freedom Summer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), COFO (Council of Federated Organizations), Martin Luther King, John Lewis, Bob Moses, Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 23. 5. 2007

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 14. 6. 2007
• Supervisor: B.A. Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel

Masaryk University

Faculty of Social Studies

Bachelor programme / field:
Humanities / English Language and Literature