Returning to campus, the four immediately began recruiting more students. ... By day three of the sit-ins, the students had formed the Student Executive Committee for Justice to coordinate protests which would culminate in a march of several thousand students. ... The sustained student protests in Nashville were especially well organized. Vanderbilt Divinity School student James Lawson led workshops on Gandhian nonviolence that attracted a number of students from Nashville's Black colleges. ... Lawson also enlisted Marion Barry, a Fisk University graduate student. ...

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They were joined by newly formed groups like CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality) and by SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee). ... Lawson would train hundreds of students in nonviolent techniques through the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). ... In September 1957, Eisenhower finally acted to protect civil rights when the state of Arkansas refused to admit nine black students to Little Rock high school. Eisenhower forced the state to obey the law by sending in army paratroopers and the Arkansas National Guard to protect the students. ...

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• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: High School

SCLC differed from organizations such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in that it operated as an umbrella organization of affiliates. ...

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Within two weeks students in eleven cities held sit-ins. ... The basic idea of a sit-in was for students to ask to be served at a lunch counter. ... The students would remain nonviolent and respectful at all times, and would dress in their best outfit. ... The students in attendance then formed an independent organization called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to lead in the effort. ... This act enraged both blacks and whites. 2500 students and community members staged a silent march to City Hall that day. ...

• Word Count: 6511
• Approx Pages: 26
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School