HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Snick, Lunch Counter, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Sit-ins became so popular, 3600 protesting people in different states got arrested: student non-violent coordinating committee (sncc or snick)- integrated college organized civil rights organization involved in many demonstrations, believe in civil disobedience. Election of 1960: richard nixon vs john f. kennedy, most voted election yet, about the same but concerned with winning the cold. John and bobby kennedy help martin luther king get out of jail. Americans think there is a military buildup, jfk thinks wall is fine as a symbol of a failure of communism, makes the soviets look bad. James meredith: first black man to dare enroll in the university of mississippi (he knew how dangerous it would be). Before he registers, kkk burns crosses across campus, kkk is armed in preparation for meredith"s arrival, white supremacists vs national guardsmen. 31,000 troops are sent in to protect a black man! Soviets installed missiles in cuba pointed towards the us.
