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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed in April 1960 at a conference at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, attended by 126 student delegates from 58 sit-in centers in 12 states, from 19 northern colleges, and from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), the National ...
Robert Parris Moses (January 23, 1935 – July 25, 2021) was an American educator and civil rights activist known for his work as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on voter education and registration in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement, and his co-founding of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
The book was launched with a panel at the American Studies Association convention in Atlanta in 2004 that brought together many SSOC and SNCC activists (including all four SSOC chairmen). After the breakup of SSOC, two former members, Howard Romaine and Sue Thrasher, were instrumental in forming the Institute for Southern Studies with Julian Bond .
Timothy Lionel Jenkins (born December 30, 1938) is an American social and civil rights activist, attorney, educator, and former business and government executive. In the 1960s, he was a co-founder and leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as well as the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL).
Education department officials say research relating to “science of reading” shows its implementation would result in 95% of students achieving grade-level proficiency.
Jean Smith Young was born Jean Wheeler in 1942. She grew up in Conant Gardens, Detroit, the daughter of a nurse and single mother.Her father, First Lieutenant Jimmie D. Wheeler, was a pilot and member of the Tuskegee airmen who died during World War II.
Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Purpose: The TEACH Grant provides grants to students who intend to teach in high-need fields in schools serving low-income families.
Joseph Charles Jones (August 23, 1937 – December 27, 2019) was an American civil rights leader, attorney, co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and chairperson of the SNCC's direct action committee. [1] Jones was born in Chester, South Carolina. [2]