SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference records, 2010
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Summary
- Creator:
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). 50th Anniversary Conference. Raleigh, N.C. (2010) and John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
- Abstract:
- The SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference records are documents related to the convening of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veterans, scholars, and community members to commemorate the organization's 50th anniversary in April 2010. The event took place at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Collection acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
- Extent:
- 2.0 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11943
Background
- Scope and content:
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The SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference records consists almost entirely of registration forms for the 2010 conference, including attendees' names and contact information as well as their plans for attendance at the event. The registration forms are loosely sorted alphabetically. The forms collected veterans' SNCC service, asking "if you are a former SNCC worker, please list your SNCC service, including places and dates," as well as "please tell us the names of other persons you worked with" and "if you are a former civil rights worker with another organization, please tell us your service, including places and dates." Some registrants were very thorough when completing the forms, resulting in a detailed network of SNCC and other civil rights movement participation and history.
Also included in the collection are two copies of the conference program, both autographed by attendees, and a spreadsheet of speakers' names and contact information. The conference programs include SNCC organizational history, membership lists, memorial tributes and celebratory messages from 2010 government and civic leaders, and a schedule for the conference that includes the note: "This conference was planned in strict accordance with SNCC's principles of decision-making. Therefore, we don't really exactly know what will happen when until it does. An attitude of flexibility mixed with humor will help a lot." (Page 156).
Collection also contains a set of 38 DVDs that document each conference session.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was formed in 1960 following a conference at Shaw University in Raleigh called by Ella Baker, executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. SNCC veterans reconvened at Shaw for the fiftieth anniversary of the founding in April 2010. Keynote speakers for the anniversary conference included: Timothy Jenkins, Julian Bond, Rev. James Lawson, Harry Belafonte, Joyce Ladner, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Eric Holder, Danny Glover, Dr. Robert Moses, and Bernice Reagon.
- Acquisition information:
- The SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift from SNCC Legacy Project staff in 2021.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Meghan Lyon, Sept. 2021.
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2021-0038, 2021-0144.
Updated by Leah Tams, March 2022.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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