Women in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the 1960s

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Emilye J. Crosby
SUNY Research Foundation, College at Geneseo (Geneseo, NY 14454-1401)

I am writing a history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with a focus on women and gender. Beginning with the 1960 sit-in movement that formed the basis for the organization through the shift from a "coordinating committee" to an organization of organizers and extending into 1965-66, I am exploring women's experiences and participation, how they shaped the organization, and how they as individuals, and SNCC as an organization accepted, challenged, ignored, defied, and operated within and beyond the accepted gender conventions of the day--in the larger society and in African American communities. I am using a case studies approach and emphasizing those aspects of the organization's history, including community-based work, that are particularly useful for illuminating important patterns and themes, examining key moments, and engaging in comparison. This work is particularly important in a world where power and oppression remain closely linked with gender.

Media Coverage

Fall and Winter 2013-4 Events and Accomplishments (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Joseph Cope
Publication: SUNY Geneseo History Department Blog
Date: 1/16/2014
Abstract: Summary of Geneseo History Dept. news.
URL: http://sunygeneseohistory.blogspot.com/2014/01/fall-and-winter-2013-4-events-and.html

Associated Products

Ekwueme Michael Thelwell Oral History Interview (Article)
Title: Ekwueme Michael Thelwell Oral History Interview
Author: Michael Thelwell
Author: Emilye Crosby
Abstract: A slightly edited interview with Michael Thelwell conducted by Emilye Crosby for the Civil Rights History Project in Aug. 2013.
Year: 2015
Primary URL: https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-441766904/ekwueme-michael-thelwell-oral-history-interview
Primary URL Description: Questia search
Secondary URL: http://jpanafrican.org/index.htm
Secondary URL Description: Journal of Pan African Studies website.
Access Model: subscription, though it appears that issues do become available through the Journal of Pan African Studies website.
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Journal of Pan African Studies
Publisher: Journal of Pan African Studies

A Documents-Based Lesson on the Voting Rights Act: A Case Study of SNCC's work in Lowndes County and the Emergence of Black Power (Article)
Title: A Documents-Based Lesson on the Voting Rights Act: A Case Study of SNCC's work in Lowndes County and the Emergence of Black Power
Author: Emilye Crosby
Abstract: An in-depth guide for teaching the Voting Rights Act through documents and a case study of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's work in Lowndes County, Ala. This is a lesson more than an article.
Year: 2015
Primary URL: http://civilrightsteaching.org/resource/vra-lesson/
Primary URL Description: Teaching for Change website
Access Model: open access
Format: Other
Periodical Title: Teaching for Change website.
Publisher: Teaching for Change

The Voting Rights Act: 10 Things You Should Know (Article)
Title: The Voting Rights Act: 10 Things You Should Know
Author: Judy Richardson
Author: Emilye Crosby
Abstract: A bottom-up look at the Voting Rights Act.
Year: 2015
Primary URL: http://zinnedproject.org/materials/the-voting- rights-act-ten-things-you-should-know/
Primary URL Description: Zinn Education Project website.
Access Model: open access
Format: Other
Periodical Title: Zinn Education Project
Publisher: Teaching for Change and Zinn Education Project

Remembering Julian Bond (Blog Post)
Title: Remembering Julian Bond
Author: Emilye Crosby
Abstract: The blog post is a remembrance of Julian Bond based on an April 2016 panel at the Organization of American Historians meeting.
Date: 6/10/2016
Primary URL: http://www.processhistory.org/remembering-julian-bond/
Primary URL Description: Process: A Blog for American Historians
Blog Title: Remembering Julian Bond
Website: Organization of American Historians Process: A Blog for American Historians

Teaching the Civil Rights Movement from the Bottom-Up Fifty Years After the Voting Rights Act (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Teaching the Civil Rights Movement from the Bottom-Up Fifty Years After the Voting Rights Act
Abstract: A presentation on teaching the Civil Rights Movement fifty years after the Voting Rights Act.
Author: Emilye Crosby
Date: 08/06/2015
Location: Library of Congress
Primary URL: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/public-programs.html
Primary URL Description: Library of Congress announcement.
Secondary URL: http://www.afsnet.org/event/id/669677/Teaching-the-Civil-Rights-Movement-from-the-Bottom-Up-Fifty-Years-Afte.htm
Secondary URL Description: American Folklore Society website announcement.

A Tribute to Julian Bond: Making History and Remaking the Historical Narrative (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: A Tribute to Julian Bond: Making History and Remaking the Historical Narrative
Author: Emilye Crosby
Abstract: Presented a tribute to Julian Bond as part of a panel remembering Julian Bond.
Date: 09/25/2015
Primary URL: https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/asalh/asalh15/
Primary URL Description: This link is to the ASALH program for the 2015 conference.
Secondary URL: https://asalh100.org/
Secondary URL Description: ASALH website.
Conference Name: Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History (ASALH)

Remembering Julian Bond (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Remembering Julian Bond
Author: Emilye Crosby
Abstract: I chaired a panel "Remembering Julian Bond" at the Organization of American Historians meeting. I also published a summary of the panel and remembrance of Bond in the OAH blog "Process."
Date: 04/08/2016
Primary URL: http://www.oah.org/site/assets/files/6061/2016_oah_program_w_ads_vd_online.pdf
Primary URL Description: OAH program for 2016.
Secondary URL: http://www.oah.org/
Secondary URL Description: OAH home.
Conference Name: Organization of American Historians (OAH)

At the Forefront of Freedom: The Women of Selma (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: At the Forefront of Freedom: The Women of Selma
Abstract: I was part of a panel on women in the Selma Movement. It was initially called: Lost Voices from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement: The Women of Selma.
Author: Emilye Crosby
Date: 03/24/16
Location: Vanderbilt University.
Primary URL: https://events.vanderbilt.edu/index.php?eID=81332
Primary URL Description: Vanderbilt events publicity.
Secondary URL: https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2016/03/22/the-women-of-selma-panel-discussion-at-black-cultural-center-march-24/
Secondary URL Description: Vanderbilt news.

Motion defined what we did': Women and Gender in the Creation of SNCC, 1960-1961, (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: Motion defined what we did': Women and Gender in the Creation of SNCC, 1960-1961,
Abstract: Brown bag presentation on women and gender in SNCC in the earliest years of the organization, 1960-61.
Author: Emilye Crosby
Date: 10/26/15
Location: Emory University
Primary URL: https://login.emorybubble.com/posts/6082/motion-defined-what-we-did%3A-women-and-gender-in-the-creation-of-sncc,-1960-1961-(jwji-race-and-difference-colloquium)
Primary URL Description: Emory calendar.

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