About this title: Though Black-led and powered by the energy of the Black population, Whites have always been part of the Southern Freedom Movement. Indeed, as all the panelists note, in its largest sense the southern struggle was not just for Black-only freedom. Three "White" organizations were of particular importance to SNCC: The Highlander Center founded in the 1930s to begin addressing the needs of poor Appalachian Whites embraced the civil rights struggle providing one of the few southern sites for integrated discussion and planning; the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) which reflected a White southern radical organizing tradition and was one of SNCC's earliest supporters; and finally, the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), young White southerners who took seriously SNCC's call for Whites to organize White communities. The panel discusses the work of all these organizations as well as the remarkable success of the Washington, DC-based Jews for Urban Justice organization which also developed in response to SNCC's work. SNCC Field Secretary Hollis Watkins steps forward and speaks of the impact of White organizing work on the Black community.

About the series: This series provides a complete record of every panel and plenary session at the 50th conference. They are unique not only in their comprehensiveness, but also because they feature an unprecedented number of SNCC veterans publically examining their Movement experiences. Many of these veterans are not usually encountered in the Civil Rights Movement canon. In short, the history contained in these DVDs is informed by a special and valuable sensibility available nowhere else. Moreover, these discussions are reinforced with the participation of some of academia's most thoughtful scholars of the Southern Freedom Movement.

This material offers a unique, in-depth examination of what took place in the Southern freedom struggle. And while SNCC veterans may again gather for reflective conversations in the future, the unprecedented attendance of this historic gathering makes this collection an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike.

California Newsreel Collection

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Influence, African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights demonstrations -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography, Youth -- Political activity -- United States, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), African Americans -- Civil rights, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Youth -- Political activity, Southern States, United States

SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference, SNCC Legacy Video

Johnson, Joseph Brandon (editor), Gustafson, Janet (editor), Brown, Natalie Bullock (producer), Zellner, Bob (speaker), Thrasher, Sue (speaker), Kranz, Sharlene (speaker), Herring, Margaret Lauren (speaker), Carawan, Candie (speaker), Hamlett, Ed (speaker), Ascension Productions (producer), California Newsreel (Firm) (publisher), SNCC Legacy Project, Inc., Documentary Sub-Committee (executive producer)

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English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

Name	California Newsreel
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Telephone	415-284-7800
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Email	[email protected]

2011-01-01

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