SNCC Voting Rights Toolkit

As people look for strategies to challenge fascism today, we can learn a lot from the work of the youth-led Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s.

The SNCC Legacy Project has produced six toolkits that are free to download. Each one has primary documents, narrative history, photos, and discussion questions.

Topics include voting rights, women & gender, freedom teaching, art & culture, Black power, and the organizing tradition.

In the Voting Rights Toolkit you will find the following:

Voter Registration Work

Mapping the Movement

Engage with the Sources: COFO Freedom Registration Pamphlet & the MS Voter Registration Form

Engage with the Sources: “To Overcome Fear” by Charles McLaurin

SNCC Worked with Everyone

Explore the SNCC Digital Gateway: White Terrorism & Backlash to Black Freedom

Learn Directly from SNCC Organizers: Strong People

From Voter Registration to Political Organizing

Engage with the Sources: The Power of Your Vote

Explore the SNCC Digital Gateway: Voter Registration to Political Organizing

Implementing the Voting Rights Act

Explore the SNCC Digital Gateway: SNCC’s Economic Organizing

Making Connections, Learning More

Activist Insights Across Generations

Next Steps

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