The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee formed in April 1960 to advance civil rights. With a tremendous human rights mission facing them, the founding SNCC members included communication and publicity as part of their initial purpose. This book provides a broad overview of these efforts from SNCC's birth in 1960 until the beginning of its demise in the late 1960s and examines the communication tools that SNCC leaders and members used to organize, launch, and carry out their campaign to promote civil rights throughout the 1960s. It specifically explores how SNCC workers used public...

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed in April 1960 to advance civil rights. This book provides an overview of these efforts from SNCC's birth until the beginning of its demise in the late 1960s & examines the communication tools that SNCC leaders & members used to organize, launch, & carry out their campaign.