SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 26 - Plenary: Joyce Ladner
About this title: Joyce and Dorie Ladner’s parents were like many African American parents in that they understood how to survive under Jim Crow and who constantly worried about the welfare of their children. Neverthel..
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 27 - SNCC Children Speak
About this title: Children of SNCC veterans presented their memories of SNCC and the lessons they learned from a young age. About the series: This series provides a complete record of every panel and plenary session at ..
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 28 - Luncheon Keynote: Congressman John Lewis, "Stand Up and Make Some Noise"
About this title: John Lewis, Chair of SNCC from 1963 to 1966, has been a member of Congress for 24 years. Jailed 40 times and badly beaten several times during civil rights protests, his congressional colleagues refer t..
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 29 - Luncheon Keynote: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, "The Nation's in Your Debt"
About this title: According to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the first Black Attorney General of the United States, There is a "direct line" from the 1960 lunch counter sit-in that took place in Greensboro, North Ca..
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 3 - From Student Activists to Field Organizers
About this title: The most remarkable aspect of the civil disobedience and sit-ins of the 1960s was the leadership of young people. More than any other organization, SNCC best reflected this youthful engagement. Importan..
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 30 - The Young People's Project: "Come Let Us Build a New World"
About this title: In 1988 Bob Moses founded the Algebra Project, a legacy of SNCC. The mission of the Legacy project is to spread math literacy and encourage teenagers to organize and make demands on their school system...
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 31 - The Cradle to Prison Pipeline
About this title: "The one and only thing this nation guarantees our children is a prison bed if they get into trouble," says Crystal Mattison of the Children's Defense Fund Freedom School Program who can hardly hold bac..
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 32 - Actions for a New World
About this title: Members of this panel insist that SNCC continues to influence their work. "We know that not only policy must be changed," says Jonathan Lewis of the Gathering for Justice, "but the attitudes that suppor..
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 33 - Special Program: Dick Gregory, "They're Asking Different Questions Today"
About this title: "When you finally get a Black President you get a nice, polite, well-behaved educated one who ain't mad." Gregory was one of a handful of prominent entertainers who consistently supported SNCC. And he w..
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference: Volume 34 - Plenary: In Remembrance of Ella Baker, Howard Zinn, and James Forman
About this title: SNCC and the Southern Movement have lost a lot of important people over the years both from political assassinations and natural causes. Charles Sherrod's moving version of "One more time" incorporates ..