SNCC

From Protest To Power

September 1, 2019 Mike Miller, Counterpunch. Strategize! Civil Rights, Electoral Politics, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, SNCC

August 1964, fifty-five years ago, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party presented itself to the national Democratic Party Convention seeking to be seated as the official party from that state. The predominantly black delegation wanted to deny seating to the all-white “regulars” who had earlier in the year denied Mississippi African-Americans the right to participate in precinct, county, congressional district and statewide meetings that nominated these delegates. MFDP presented itself to the Credentials Committee at which a decision would be made to seat one-or-another, or a mixed, body of delegates. MFDP and its allies proposed rejecting the “regulars”. It is likely that a Credentials Committee offer for a 50/50 delegate split would have been accepted by MFDP, in part because its members knew this policy would lead to a walk-out by the regulars.

We’ve Been Here Before: Learning From The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

July 26, 2019 Paul McLennan, Blackagendareport.com Strategize! Class Struggle, History, SNCC

Amnesia 2019. Both about the times we are living in, as if they have never happened before, and about the people’s resistance that has endlessly risen up defiantly in the face of all forms of abuse and oppression. Obviously, every time is unique but what we are witnessing today is certainly not some aberration from how this settler-colony has functioned in the past. Politicians holding fascist rallies. Defiance of the law. Inflammatory, hateful rhetoric. White terrorist attacks. Discovery that law enforcement is full of members of white supremacist groups.

Karen Spellman And The SNCC Legacy Project –Black Power Chronicle Part II

May 26, 2017 Dr. Marsha Cole, www.blackagendareport.com Educate! Black Power, SNCC, US history

By Dr. Marsha Cole for Black Agenda Report - Part I of the Karen Spellman interview discussed the need for those involved in the Black Power Movement to tell their stories in their own voices. Not confident that corporate or white academic “experts” could provide the contextual and analytical framework for an analysis of the Black Power Movement, Karen is providing leadership through the SNCC Legacy Project and the Black Power Chronicles to archive, provide oral history and analysis of this important period of history. The community is invited to provide pictures, artifacts, and share memories of their involvement in the Black Power Movement. Karen is currently organizing a national conference of Black power veterans scheduled for Atlanta, GA in 2018. Karen Spellman was at the center of the Black Power Movement. Impacted by unrelenting white supremacist violence against Africans in America in the South, she dedicated herself at a young age to fighting segregation and white supremacy. While living in Greensboro, at the age of 13, she became involved in the civil rights movement and served as president of the Greensboro, N.C. NAACP Youth Chapter.

Julian Bond, Colleague & Inspiration

August 21, 2015 Clarence Lusane, www.progressive.org Educate! Civil Rights, History, NAACP, SNCC

By Clarence Lusane in Progressive - I had the great fortune to have had Julian Bond as a colleague at American University. On a number of occasions, I sat in on his lectures or talks. These were mostly small, intimate gatherings away from cameras and the media. That is when Julian Bond the agitator became Julian Bond the educator, effortlessly mesmerizing young minds eager for his knowledge and experience. Bond left his fingerprints on pretty much every major civil rights organization and issue of the last five decades. From the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to the Southern Poverty Law Center to the NAACP, he fiercely fought to defend the goals and aspirations of many millions who wanted human rights and social justice. Many students saw his wisdom but often missed the path by which it came.

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