Synopses & Reviews
Howard Zinn tells the story of one of the most important political groups in American history. SNCC: The New Abolitionists influenced a generation of activists struggling for civil rights and seeking to learn from the successes and failures of those who built the fantastically influential Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It is considered an indispensable study of the organization, of the 1960s, and of the process of social change. Includes a new introduction by the author.
Review
"[W]eaves first-person experience, reportage, historical analysis, biography, and polemics into a seamless and indispensable history of the civil rights movement from the point of view of one who helped inspire some of its leaders." John Giuffo, Village Voice
Synopsis
Howard Zinn tells the story of one of the most important political groups in American history.
About the Author
Howard Zinn is professor emeritus at Boston University. He is the author of the classic A People's History of the United States. A television adaptation of the book is currently being co-produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Chris Moore for HBO. Zinn has received the Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Eugene V. Debs award for his writing and political activism.
Series Description
The South End Press Radical 60s Series seeks to make available new editions of essential works originally published in the 1960s. The series kicks off with books by Howard Zinn and Daniel Singer. We hope they will help educate and inspire a new generation of activists.
Table of Contents
Preface to the South End Press Edition
A Note, and Some Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
1 The New Abolitionists
2 Out of the Sit-ins
3 The Freedom Rides
4 Mississippi I: McComb
5 Mississippi II: Greenwood
6 Mississippi III: Hattiesburg
7 Southwest Georgia: The Outsider as Insider
8 Alabama: Freedom Day in Selma
9 The White Man in the Movement
10 "I Want To Know: Which Side is the Federal Government On?"
11 The Revolution Beyond Race
12 An Independent Radicalism
Index