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Howard Zinn tells the story of one of the most important political groups in American history. 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, of the 1960s, and of the process of social change. Includes a new introduction by the author.
| Preface to the South End Press Edition | ||
| A Note, and Some Acknowledgments | ||
| Preface to the Second Edition | ||
| 1 | The New Abolitionists | 1 |
| 2 | Out of the Sit-ins | 16 |
| 3 | The Freedom Rides | 40 |
| 4 | Mississippi I: McComb | 62 |
| 5 | Mississippi II: Greenwood | 79 |
| 6 | Mississippi III: Hattiesburg | 102 |
| 7 | Southwest Georgia: The Outsider as Insider | 123 |
| 8 | Alabama: Freedom Day in Selma | 147 |
| 9 | The White Man in the Movement | 167 |
| 10 | "I Want To Know: Which Side Is the Federal Government On?" | 190 |
| 11 | The Revolution Beyond Race | 216 |
| 12 | An Independent Radicalism | 242 |
| Index | 276 |
Overview
Howard Zinn tells the story of one of the most important political groups in American history. 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, of the 1960s, and of the process of social change. Includes a new introduction by the ...