Freedom Rides

SNCC: Who were they?

SNCC stood for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It was founded on Easter Weekend in 1960. The group was just like the name it was a movement formed and ran by students.

As we mentioned in class, College Campus provide a good place to help rally people. You access to many resources and people. The group was very active with sit-ins across the south.

The SNCC were also very active with the Freedom Rides.

The people who took part in these protest had to overcome many different things. Whites mob( mainly the KKK) would surround the buses. This would start to occur when the riders headed down to the deep south.

However it must of been hard on them because of the violence they dealt with. At the same time they were really passionate about bring a change. Overall I believe that he struggle was worth all of it.

I think the SNCC contributed a lot to the Civil Rights Movement. You had young voices speaking out an advocating a change. They were able to reach out and get the young generation to so that when they did grow up, they would want a change.

The Whole idea behind the freedom riders was to test the ruler of Boynton v. Virginia. The bus terminals that crossed state lines were suppose to be desegregated.

I think that they were very affective in getting their point across. They were able to get national notice. If I remember correctly the Kennedy's sent someone down to travel with the Freedom Riders to see actually what they were up to. That help get their cause noticed.