SNCC (Updated Third Edition): The New Abolitionists

by Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove (Foreword by), Barbara Ransby (Afterword)

Overview

An indispensable study of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from the author of the bestselling A People's History of the United States.

SNCC: The New Abolitionists influenced a generation of activists struggling for civil rights and seeking to learn from the successes and failures of those who built the fantastically influential Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It is considered an indispensable study of the organization and the social movements of the 1960s. Zinn’s documentation of the process of social change is an indispensable resource for activists who are continuing in the tradition of SNCC to fight for a more just world.

This edition includes a new foreword from Anthony Arnove situating Howard Zinn's work and legacy for today’s activists and an afterword from Barbara Ransby reflecting on the enduring importance of SNCC’s organizing and Zinn’s role in documenting many of the social justice movements of the 1960s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798888906460
Publisher:	Haymarket Books
Publication date:	07/28/2026
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Howard Zinn (1922–2010) was a historian, author, professor, playwright, and activist. His life’s work focused on a wide range of issues including race, class, war, and history, and touched the lives of countless people. His writing celebrated the accomplishments of social movements and ordinary people, and challenged readers to question the myths that justify war and inequality. Zinn’s influence lives on in millions of people who have read his work and have been inspired by his actions. Zinn’s best-known work is A People’s History of the United States, which has sold more than 4 million copies.

Anthony Arnove is the editor of several books, including Howard Zinn Speaks, Voices of a People’s History of the United States, which he co-edited with Howard Zinn, and Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the Twenty-First Century, which he co-edited with Haley Pessin. He also wrote the introduction for the new 35th anniversary edition of Zinn’s classic book A People’s History of the United States.

Barbara Ransby is the John D. MacArthur Chair, and Distinguished Professor, in the Departments of African American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). She also directs the campus-wide Social Justice Initiative, a project that promotes connections between academics and community organizers doing work on social justice. Ransby is author of two award-winning books: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision and Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson.

Editorial Reviews

"Seminal"
—Washington Post

“A good way to maintain your sense of the urgency of civil rights problems is to keep a copy of Howard Zinn’s book handy.”
—Harvard Crimson Review

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