One thousand enthusiastic celebrants at the fiftieth anniversary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee here were credited by a top White House official with making possible the Barack Obama ...
At the end of their interview, civil rights movement elder and SNCC veteran Faith Holsaert gifts Nassibah a copy of "Hands on the Freedom Plow," a collection of personal stories from women in SNCC.
Introduction -- Part one. A movement education -- The nonviolent anvil -- Come get my mattress and I'll keep my soul : freedom riding -- The inner life of recruiting -- Part two. How democracy travels ...
"The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation," (Hill and Wang, 339 pages, $27), by Andrew B. Lewis: Even after nearly 50 years, the names bear repeating: Franklin ...