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  • Ruby Doris Smith

    Ruby Doris Smith. She played a huge role in SNCC and the overall contribution to the movement. Unfortunately, Ruby is not known as well as she should have been because she died at the young age of twenty-five. However, her impact was incredibly powerful. Thank you, Ms. Smith-Robinson, for your contributions to the Civil Rights…


  • SNCC

    Today, we will be featuring our first Civil Rights organization. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, commonly referred to as SNCC, was truly one of the, if not the most, important organization during the Civil Rights era. The organization served as a catalyst to essentially all of the greatest and most poignant moments during the 60’s…


  • Robert Parris Moses

    On the tenth day of Black History Month, we honor Robert Parris Moses, commonly referred to as Bob Moses. This man was the mastermind behind the Mississippi Freedom Summer and the tactics of SNCC and COFO. He graduated from Harvard before coming to Atlanta upon the request of organizing virtuoso Bayard Rustin. His philosophy around…


  • Diane Nash

    Black History Month! Today, we will be featuring the INCREDIBLE, Diane Nash


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