Crawford Company Civil Rights Letter

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was established in 1960 after a series of sit-ins occurred dedicated to fighting segregation in public spaces. After witnessing the activism of college youth Ella Baker of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) advocated to bring them together at Shaw University. Students from all across the country attended the Shaw Conference and thanks to Ella Baker it was at this conference that SNCC was founded. SNCC was dedicated to organizing protest to desegregate public places and later incorporated advocating for voter registration within the African American community. In addition to Ella Baker, other prominent Civil Rights leaders like Diane Nash, John Lewis, Bob Moses and Amzie Moore helped with the foundation of SNCC. The letter in this collection demonstrates one of the ways SNCC reached out to the public to register African American Voters. This letter would be of interest to anyone interested in the Civil Rights Movement from the bottom-up perspective.