<P> The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC , often pronounced / snɪk / SNIK ) was one of the major Civil Rights Movement organizations of the 1960s . It emerged from the first wave of student sit - ins and formed at an April 1960 meeting organized by Ella Baker at Shaw University . After its involvement in the Voter Education Project , SNCC grew into a large organization with many supporters in the North who helped raise funds to support its work in the South , allowing full - time organizers to have a small salary . Many unpaid grassroots organizers and activists also worked with SNCC on projects in the Deep South , often becoming targets of racial violence and police brutality . SNCC played a seminal role in the freedom rides , the 1963 March on Washington , Mississippi Freedom Summer , the Selma campaigns , the March Against Fear and other historic events . SNCC 's major contribution was in its field work , organizing voter registration , freedom schools , and direct action all over the country , but especially in Georgia , Alabama , and Mississippi . </P>
<P> The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC , often pronounced / snɪk / SNIK ) was one of the major Civil Rights Movement organizations of the 1960s . It emerged from the first wave of student sit - ins and formed at an April 1960 meeting organized by Ella Baker at Shaw University . After its involvement in the Voter Education Project , SNCC grew into a large organization with many supporters in the North who helped raise funds to support its work in the South , allowing full - time organizers to have a small salary . Many unpaid grassroots organizers and activists also worked with SNCC on projects in the Deep South , often becoming targets of racial violence and police brutality . SNCC played a seminal role in the freedom rides , the 1963 March on Washington , Mississippi Freedom Summer , the Selma campaigns , the March Against Fear and other historic events . SNCC 's major contribution was in its field work , organizing voter registration , freedom schools , and direct action all over the country , but especially in Georgia , Alabama , and Mississippi . </P>
the organizer of the student non-violent coordinating committee ( sncc ) in april 1960 was
the organizer of the student non-violent coordinating committee ( sncc ) in april 1960 was
Ella Baker
Ella Baker