USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which two organizations were directly involved in the 1960’s sit-in movement?
A
SCLC and SNCC
B
NAACP and SNCC
C
LULAC and AIM
D
SNCC and NOW
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1966, Stokely Carmichael was elected chairman of the organization. His more militant and anti-white agenda went against the original mission of the Committee.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sit-in was organized by Ezell Blair, Jr. (later Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond-all African Americans and all students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro.

Detailed explanation-4: -Members of SNCC included prominent future leaders such as former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, Congressman John Lewis and NAACP chairman Julian Bond.

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