Title SNCC's stories : the African American freedom movement in the civil rights South / Sharon Monteith

Published Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Series Print culture in the South Print culture in the South. Summary "Formed in 1960 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was a high-profile civil rights collective led by young people. For Howard Zinn in 1964, SNCC members were "new abolitionists," but SNCC pursued radical initiatives and Black Power politics in addition to reform. It was committed to grassroots organizing in towns and rural communities, facilitating voter registration and direct action through "projects" embedded in Freedom Houses, especially in the South: the setting for most of SNCC's stories. Over time, it changed from a tight cadre into a disparate group of many constellations but stood out among civil rights organizations for its participatory democracy and emphasis on local people deciding the terms of their battle for social change. Organizers debated their role and grappled with SNCC's responsibility to communities, to the "walking wounded" damaged by racial terrorism, and to individuals who died pursuing racial justice. SNCC's Stories examines the organization's print and publishing culture, uncovering how fundamental self- and group narration is for the undersung heroes of social movements. The organizer may be SNCC's dramatis persona, but its writers have been overlooked. In the 1960s it was assumed established literary figures would write about civil rights, and until now, critical attention has centered on the Black Arts Movement, neglecting what SNCC's writers contributed. Sharon Monteith gathers hard-to-find literature where the freedom movement in the civil rights South is analyzed as subjective history and explored imaginatively. SNCC's print culture consists of field reports, pamphlets, newsletters, fiction, essays, poetry, and plays, which serve as intimate and illuminative sources for understanding political action. SNCC's literary history contributes to the organization's legacy"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Publishing Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Historiography SUBJECT Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) fast Subject Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements in literature. American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. American literature Civil rights movements Civil rights movements in literature Historiography Literature and history Literature and society Publishers and publishing Southern States United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780820358048 0820358045

Other Titles Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's stories

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