The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was a student-led organization that played a key role in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Founded in 1960 by young activists who had participated in sit-ins at segregated lunch counters, SNCC aimed to coordinate and support nonviolent direct action campaigns to challenge segregation and institutional racism in the southern United States. The organization organized voter registration drives, community organizing efforts, and protests to advocate for civil rights for African Americans. SNCC was known for its commitment to grassroots organizing and its belief in the power of ordinary people to effect social change.
