Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Archives - The Washington Informer

The Edmund Pettus Bridge, a symbol of momentous change taking place in Alabama and a key symbol of American voting rights freedom. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), and Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears participated in a press conference reflecting on the importance of Bloody Sunday to enabling voting rights for Black Americans. (Courtesy of Faith & Politics Institute)

EDITORIAL: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the March from Selma to Montgomery

by WI Editorial Staff March 19, 2025March 19, 2025

On March 25, 1965, Viola Liuzzo, a white wife and mother of five from Detroit, was shot dead by the Ku Klux Klan while transporting protesters in her car with a Black man, and 60 years later, her legacy continues to inspire activists to fight for racial equality and justice.

During Black August, members of the Black radical left spend the entire month raising awareness about the women and men of the Black Power Era, and work to free the Black political prisoners such as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, who has been incarcerated since 2002. (Courtesy of Change.org)

Organizers Raise Jamil Al-Amin’s Name During Black August

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. August 14, 2024August 14, 2024

The full ensemble of "Parable of the Sower," an opera based on Octavia Butler's novel, composed by Bernice Johnson Reagon and her daughter Toshi Reagon (center stage), is seen here. The production was presented in 2022 at the Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland. (Courtesy of Shana Gerber)

Bernice Johnson Reagon, Civil Rights Voice in Music, Dies at Age 81

by Brenda C. Siler July 18, 2024July 18, 2024

Gospel performer Kirk Franklin dances with Vice President Kamala Harris during the National Celebration of Juneteenth on the South Lawn of the White House on June 10. (Courtesy of the White House)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Celebrating Juneteenth

by Marian Wright Edelman June 18, 2024June 18, 2024

Civil rights activist Dorie Ladner, pictured at a Freedom Orientation in Ohio in June 1964, died on March 11 in Washington, D.C. She was 81. (Courtesy of SNCC Digital Gateway, Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, USM)

Remembering the Life of Civil Rights Activist Dorie Ladner

by Hamil R. Harris March 18, 2024March 19, 2024

Fannie Lou Hamer represents the Freedom Democratic Party at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. The documentary "Fannie Lou Hamer's America” premieres on PBS and World Channel on Feb. 22. (Photo courtesy of George Ballis)

Fannie Lou Hamer Makes It Clear

by Brenda C. Siler February 16, 2022February 16, 2022

Charlie Cobb is a journalist, author and board member of the SNCC Legacy Project. (Courtesy photo)

SNCC Celebrates Historic 60th Anniversary with Focus on Today’s Inequities

by James Wright Jr. October 20, 2021December 21, 2021

Askia Muhammad, Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

MUHAMMAD: Stokely Carmichael, John Lewis Deserve Better

by Askia Muhammad August 5, 2020December 21, 2021

Unita Blackwell

Black Experience, Black History, Obituary

Unita Blackwell, 86, First Black Mayor in Mississippi, Dies

by WI Guest Author May 17, 2019December 21, 2021

Marquett Awa Milton, the museum's interpreter, poses for a photo. (Photo by Daja E. Henry)

African-American Civil War Museum Marks 20th Year

by WI Guest Author October 17, 2018October 31, 2020