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SCLC v. SNCC

A comparison of the two leading civil rights groups of the 1960’s

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SCLC

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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SNCC

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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Founding

SCLC

Founded by Martin Luther King, Jr. and other ministers and Civil Rights leaders

SNCC

Founded by African American college students

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Goal

SCLC

To carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship

SNCC

To speed up changes mandated by Brown v. Board of Education

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Original Philosophy

SCLC

Nonviolence

SNCC

Nonviolence

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Later Philosophy

SCLC

Same as original philosophy (Nonviolence)

SNCC

Militancy and violence; “Black Power” and African- American Pride movements

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Original Tactics

SCLC

Marches, protests, and demonstrations throughout the South, using churches as bases

SNCC

Sit-ins at segregated lunch counters all across the South; registering African Americans to vote, in hopes they could influence Congress to pass a voting rights act

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Later Tactics

SCLC

Registering African Americans to vote, in hopes they could influence Congress to pass a voting rights act

SNCC

Freedom Rides on interstate buses to determine if southern states would enforce laws against segregation in public transportation