#ThisWeek in 1960, over 300 students gathered to officially lay the foundation for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Across the three-day weekend, these passionate individuals, along with other organizers united to help organize sit-ins, marches, and other acts of peaceful protest. The Black college student ran organization played a critical role in exposing racial discrimination across the South and popularizing the Civil Rights Movement. Photo Info/Credit: SNCC Staff singing a Freedom Song in SNCC’s National office (Atlanta,1963). They are wearing coats because there was no heat. L-R: Mike Sayer, MacArthur Cotton, James Forman, Rick Manning, Marion Barry, Lester McKinnie, Mike Thelwell, Lawrence Guyot, Eric Jones, John Lewis (behind Jones), Julian Bond (far right rear with cigarette), Judy Richardson, Jean Wheeler. [Photo: Danny Lyon] #SNCC #StrongerTogehter #KnowYourHistory #BluePrint