Monday, March 5, 2018
Ella Baker and the birth of SNCC
Miss Baker and many of her peers strongly believed that having the right to vote was one step closer to freedom itself. This ideal is still prevalent in today's society, if we do not express our collective voice then as individuals it is impossible to influence the policies that have large impacts on our lives. The SNCC was composed of a group of college student activists who took pride in the ideals that they fought for. One of their main organized events were the Freedom rides. SNCC members rode buses all throughout the Southern states where segregation was most prominent, as they fought for desegregation on terminal facilities and travel. Violence had risen within the first few stops of the freedom rides the bus had gotten set on fire and mobbed by an angry group, but this still could not put a stop to them. AS they were all inspired by Gandhi's ways of life, carrying themselves with kindness, not acting out with violence. When looking at today's society, is the idea of in order to be counted as we must be heard first?
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's Statement of Purpose states "We affirm the philosophical or religious ideal of nonviolence as the foundation of our purpose... Through nonviolence, courage displaces fear; love transforms hate. Acceptance dissipate prejudice; hope ends despair. Peace dominates war; faith reconciles doubt. Mutual regard cancels enmity. Justice for all overthrows injustice." From this statement, we can have a greater understanding of how SNCC maintained nonviolence while carrying out the Freedom Rides. Additionally, to clarify your post, SNCC did not start the Freedom Rides, CORE did. However, CORE abandoned the freedom Rides, so SNCC continued them.
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