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Raleigh, NC / April 1960:
In April 1960, a new generation of activists formed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, pronounced "snick"). Activist Ella Baker helped launch the group, with funding from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The lunch counter sit-ins were about something "bigger than a hamburger or even a giant-sized Coke," Baker said. Through grass-roots activism, SNCC fought to end discrimination in housing, education, employment and voting. Many of the student leaders later became prominent in politics and public service. |