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SNCC was started February 1, 1960 by four black students from NC A&T University. The students refused to leave a white only lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. This started thousands of "sit-ins". SNCC was created at Shaw University in Raleigh, NC.

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in April of 1960, Ella Baker organized a meeting at Shaw University. From that meeting, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded.

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