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HAR oe ama nS or id A a REI RCI ham A ee RAMA AE | ° " ’ il. a ae ae APPENDIX. io 7 STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE - og ene et 4 die ee ee Rae a ae PE ae as Rr dei The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), headquartered at 360-362 Nelson Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, . is a nonmembership organization, which was born out of the Sit-in movement | that erupted Across the South, beginning in 1960. mi. i Today SNCC identifies itself as an organization in '. °° the revolutionary vanguard, It advocates that to be successful | . it is necessary to develop a revolutionary ideology and revolutionary progran. According to SNCC, the year 1967 marked a historic Milestone in the struggle for the liberation of black people in the United States and the year that revolutionaries throughout the world began to understand more fully the impact of the black _ movement. SNCC declared that "liberation will come only when there is final destruction of this mad octopus - the capitalistic system of the United States with all its life-sucking tentacles of exploitation and racism that choke the people of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The realities of black life, together - with the recognition instilled in SNCC workers forced its members to further popularize the legitimacy of self- defense and rebellions : me WHER oppression became too great." _ ; e OP ere From May, 1966, until May, 1967, Stokely efinicnaer ; was National Chairman of SNCC. As of July, 1968, Carmichael Bo resided in Washington, D, C., where he was affiliated with SNCC and active as temporary chairman of a biack coalition group. | In May, 1967, Carmichael was replaced by Hubert Geroid Brown, commonly known as H. Rap Brown, who served until June, 1968. | . In June, !968, at the Staff and Central Committee meeting of SNCC held in Atlanta, Georgia, it was decided to restructure the organazation by equalization of responsibility by creating ten deputy or vice chairmanships. The primary purpose for this change is to take law enforcement pressure off any single individual. t = © oe ._- Shida be rary eS SOO SFG ee, fe fe ee oP. Site ey “foe IS an get Le SS at nee