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outcolder's review
5.0
I have been reading about SNCC in a bunch of other books, but this is the one to start with, because it gives a framework to hang all the other stories on. Also, Carson follows SNCC's remains into the 1970s into some (for me) unfamiliar territory after their flirtation with the Oakland Black Panthers. The more I read about SNCC, the more fascinated I become.
There were a lot of internal disagreements in post-1966 SNCC that we unfortunately keep repeating in all kinds of organizations, not just the political ones, so if you find yourself frustrated in some pointless ideological battle, there might be some lessons in here.
There were a lot of internal disagreements in post-1966 SNCC that we unfortunately keep repeating in all kinds of organizations, not just the political ones, so if you find yourself frustrated in some pointless ideological battle, there might be some lessons in here.
charle's review
4.0
Very good book on Civil Rights...thorough and detailed record of the development, progress, accomplishments and struggle of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. The fact that students came together to work for change in their community and in the US is amazing. Their struggle and strength were amazing. This author was close to the committee and issues to experience this first and but also researched and used many sources to write this book objectively, sharing the positive and negative sides of their progress and journey. At tea the details were interesting and at times fairly dry but important to the accurate recording of the events.
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