SNCC and Grassroots Organizing: Building a More Perfect Union

FAIN: GG-293183-23

Duke University (Durham, NC 27705-4677)
Wesley Hogan (Project Director: January 2023 to present)
Jennifer Lawson (Co Project Director: November 2023 to present)
Emilye J. Crosby (Co Project Director: November 2023 to present)

Implementation of a discussion series at HBCUs and museums on the history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

The Movement History Initiative in collaboration with six historically black colleges and universities plans "SNCC and Grassroots Organizing: Building a More Perfect Union," a public discussion series examining central themes in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) grassroots organizing--the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender, freedom teaching, and art and culture in movement building--and their contemporary relevance to the ongoing project of building a more perfect union. The series includes multi-day community gatherings at HBCUs, workshops at civil rights/African American museums, and virtual community conversations where humanities scholars and movement veterans engage a broad public audience in rich humanities resources. New developed Interpretive Booklets and Learning Toolkits with primary source materials, analysis, and questions will provide further opportunities to engage.