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Sit In
SCLC held Greensboro, NC sit in - Woolworth's Lunch Counter -
SNCC Founded
the organization SNCC was founded -
First Meeting
SNCC First official meeting in Atlanta -
Newspaper
Release of Student Voice Newspaper -
First Conference
SNCC's first conference in Atlanta -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders begin in D.C. -
KKK
KKK attacks Freedom Riders -
Voter Registration Project
First Voter registration project begins in McComb, MS -
Project Abandoned
Project abandoned after arrest and murders -
March On Washington
Participation in March on Washington - SNCC leader John Lewis as Keynote speaker -
Freedom Ballot
Establishment of the Freedom Ballot -
Project
MS Freedom Summer project -
SNCC splits
SNCC splits (nonviolence vs. Black Power) -
Freedom Summer Begins
Freedom summer begins, an organization started by SNCC -
Schools Established
Freedom schools established -
DNC
SNCC attends DNC -
"Bloody Sunday"
"Bloody Sunday": Selma, AL -
Excludes Whites
SNCC excludes white members -
Name Change
SNCC changed name to Student National Coordinating Committee -
SNCC Ends
SNCC collapses after the civil rights law is passed