Which civil rights organization is abbreviated SNCC?

• A. SCLC
• B. SNCC
• C. NAACP
• D. CORE

Answer: (B)

SNCC stands for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. This organization grew out of college students in the early 1960s who organized sit-ins and voter registration drives, coordinating these actions with a commitment to nonviolence. Recognizing this name helps you see why it’s the match for SNCC: it specifically refers to a student-led group focused on nonviolent, direct-action organizing in the Civil Rights Movement.

Other groups have different names and focuses: the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was a church-based leadership network led by senior figures like MLK; the NAACP works largely through legal challenges and policy change; and CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) also promoted nonviolent protests but originated separately with a different organizing history.