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It is most famous for staging "sit-ins" in restaurants across the American South, where black protesters (and a number of white supporters) sat in the "Whites Only" section of a segregated restaurant, and sat there and sat there, even when the waiters refused service to them. It was also instrumental in the 1963 march on Washington, where [[Martin Luther King]] gave his famous, 'I have a dream' speech.
 
It is most famous for staging "sit-ins" in restaurants across the American South, where black protesters (and a number of white supporters) sat in the "Whites Only" section of a segregated restaurant, and sat there and sat there, even when the waiters refused service to them. It was also instrumental in the 1963 march on Washington, where [[Martin Luther King]] gave his famous, 'I have a dream' speech.
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In the late 1960s, a [[radical]] [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] black supremacist named [[Stokely Carmichael]] took over SNCC and started advocating violence and [[black nationalism]]. He was a [[racist]] who fired all the white members of SNCC. Later, another black nationalist and member of the [[Nation of Islam]], H. Rap Brown, changed the name of SNCC to '''Student National Coordinance Committee''', reflecting  the organization's support of violence. The now-weakened SNCC utimately crumbled in the early 1970s.
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In the late 1960s, a [[radical]] [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] black supremacist named [[Stokely Carmichael]] took over SNCC and started advocating violence and [[black nationalism]]. He was a [[racist]] who fired all the white members of SNCC. Later, another black nationalist and member of the [[Nation of Islam]], [[H. Rap Brown]], changed the name of SNCC to '''Student National Coordinance Committee''', reflecting  the organization's support of violence. The now-weakened SNCC utimately crumbled in the early 1970s.
    
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