Word: sncc
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...undisputed leader of the black political community has been the “civil-rights era urban crusader.” From former presidential candidates Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to veteran congressmen John Conyers (D-Mich.), Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), and SNCC Founder John Lewis (D-Ga.), there is a proud tradition of civil-rights era politicians emerging from majority-black areas to positions of great power. For them, being black is what defines their identity, and—more importantly—their politics...
...Once in the South, Coles got involved in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC...
...leading some to jokingly refer to him as "SNCC's resident shrink." Coles also marched with Martin Luther King...