Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Greensboro sit-ins, vadzidzi vepakoreji vana veAfrica-America vakapikisa rusaruro nemitemo yaJim Crow nokugara pa"vachena bedzi" pokudya kwemasikati. Kushandisa kuramwa mabasa senzira yokuratidzira kwakava kwakakurumbira zvikuru muSouth yose, uye varongi vanorwisana nokuparadzaniswa kworudzi vakatanga kuona vadzidzi vekoreji sechinhu chinobvira. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) yakaita basa rinokosha mukufamba kwekodzero dzevanhu kwema1960. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee yakavambwa mukutanga kwa1960 muRaleigh, North Carolina, mukupindura kubudirira kwekugara-kumusoro mumaguta ekoreji ekuSouth, uko vadzidzi vatema vakaramba kusiya maresitorendi mavakarambidzwa basa zvichibva parudzi rwavo. Rudzi urwu rwekuratidzira kusina chisimba rwakaita kuti SNCC izivikanwe nenyika yose, ichipinza pachena rusaruraganda rwevachena muSouth. Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) yaMartin Luther King, Jr. yakadana musangano gare gare gore iroro kuti iwane sangano idzva, uye kubva pane izvi kwakakura Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, inowanzotumidzwa kuti "snick"). Vachibatanidza masimba neCongress of Racial Equality (CORE), varwiri vorudzi rwevatema nevachena vakakwira mabhazi pamwe chete kupinda mumataundi okuSouth kuti vapikise nzvimbo dzokubatira mabhazi dzakaparadzaniswa. Nokukurumidza SNCC yakawana mukurumbira so"mauto anovhundutsa" oRusununguko Rwokurwira Kodzero Dzevanhu.