SNCC: The New Abolitionists has influenced generations of readers seeking to learn from the successes and failures of SNCC organizers. Zinn’s documentation of the process of social change remains an indispensable resource for activists who are continuing, in the tradition of SNCC, to fight for a more just world.
This edition includes a new foreword by Anthony Arnove, situating Howard Zinn’s work and legacy, and an afterword by Barbara Ransby, reflecting on the enduring importance of SNCC.
[Publisher’s description.]
Published by Beacon Press, 1964; South End Press, 2002; Haymarket Books, 2013, 2026.
Previous Editions
Table of Contents
Forward by Anthony Arnove • ix
Preface to the Second Edition • xv
A Note and Some Acknowledgements • xvii
1. The New Abolitionists • p. 1
2. Out of the Sit-ins • p. 13
3. The Freedom Rides • p. 35
4. Mississippi I: McComb • p. 53
5. Mississippi II: Greenwood • p. 67
6. Mississippi III: Hattiesburg • p. 87
7. Southwest Georgia: The Outsider as Insider • p. 105
8. Alabama: Freedom Day in Selma • p. 127
9. The White Man in the Movement • p. 143
10. “I Want To Know: Which Side Is the Federal Government On?” • p. 163
11. The Revolution Beyond Race • p. 185
12. An Independent Radicalism • p. 207
Afterword: Remembering SNCC by Barbara Ransby • p. 235
Index • p. 243
Preface to the Second Edition • xv
A Note and Some Acknowledgements • xvii
1. The New Abolitionists • p. 1
2. Out of the Sit-ins • p. 13
3. The Freedom Rides • p. 35
4. Mississippi I: McComb • p. 53
5. Mississippi II: Greenwood • p. 67
6. Mississippi III: Hattiesburg • p. 87
7. Southwest Georgia: The Outsider as Insider • p. 105
8. Alabama: Freedom Day in Selma • p. 127
9. The White Man in the Movement • p. 143
10. “I Want To Know: Which Side Is the Federal Government On?” • p. 163
11. The Revolution Beyond Race • p. 185
12. An Independent Radicalism • p. 207
Afterword: Remembering SNCC by Barbara Ransby • p. 235
Index • p. 243
