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African Americans protesters would sit down at segregated lunch counters and refuse to move until they were served .
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In this case, the father of 8 year old Linda Brown had charged the board of education of Topeka, Kansas, with violating Lindas rights by denying her admission to an all white elementary school for blocks from her house.
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As a bus filled up the bus driver told parks and 3 other african american passengers to move out of their seats so white men could sit down. parks refused to move from her seat and was put in jail for it.
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It's purpose was to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship. Using African-American churches as a base they planned to have protests and also demonstrations throughout the south.
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it had been 6 years sinces browns decision and many students felt as if the pace just wasn't moving fast enough for the change.SNCC hoped to harness the energy of these student protesters it would soon create one of the most important student activist movements in the nations history.
