Word: integrationism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The organization was founded in early 1960, in response to sit-in demonstrations in Greensville, N.C. At first, SNCC's objective was simply to coordinate activities of autonomous integration groups in the South, supporting direct action campaign throughout the South.
By the summer of 1961, integration leaders in the South were generally agreed that direct action campaigns, such as sit-ins, stand-ins, and Freedom Rides, were not sufficient to bring about desegregation. SNCC decided to implement new programs, as well as coordinate those that were already in existence.
One of the first projects they initiated was a voter registration campaign in Terrell County, Ga., which laid the groundwork for the popular movement that brought Martin Luther King and other integration leaders to Albany last summer.
The student pickets were also asking for resumption of the Federal food surplus program in Mississippi, which the Senate dropped after recent skirmishes over integration efforts. Some areas have resumed the distribution of food surpluses, but many still refuse to do so, Weaver said.
To most observers here the great tragedy of Griswold's death is the fact that he was just beginning to implement the major policy statement of his administration--last year's freshman--year report. In that far-reaching document, Griswold urged the university to increase its efforts to eliminate the...