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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (or SNCC, pronounced "snick") was established in October of 1960 to coordinate nonviolent student sit-ins protesting segregation in commercial establishments of the southern region of the United States.

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