The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was an American civil rights organization that played a major role in the civil rights movement from the early 1960s until the mid-1970s. SNCC was formed in 1960 at a conference of student activists who had been involved in sit-ins and other nonviolent direct action protests against segregation. The organization's main goal was to desegregate the South and to secure voting rights for African Americans.
SNCC was a major force behind the sit-in movement, which began in 1960 when a group of African American students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College sat down at a "whites-only" lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. The sit-ins spread to other cities and states, and SNCC played a key role in organizing and supporting the protests.
SNCC also played a major role in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which took place in 1963. The march was a massive demonstration for civil rights, and it was attended by more than 200,000 people. SNCC was one of the main organizers of the march, and its members played a key role in planning and executing the event.