Northern Student Movement
Historical Note
Twentieth-century American civil rights group. The Northern Student Movement's mission was to support the work of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the South and to challenge racial discrimination in the North. Community projects and tutoring in segregated and impoverished areas in northern cities were a strong focus of the group. NSM also worked to spread information about and rally support for civil rights organizing in the South. By the fall of 1963 they had fifty full-time staff and 2,500 student volunteers. Initially membership was primarily white, but Black members were recruited from colleges and communities where NSM held programs. By 1964 under the leadership of William Strickland NSM began to focus more on local organizing activities like rent strikes and school boycotts, as well as shifting towards an all-Black membership. White members were asked to leave the organization and to continue to advocate in the white community. By the end of the 1960s the organization had for the most part ceased activities.
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Northern Student Movement collection
Collection of materials related to the Northern Student Movement, a twentieth-century American civil rights group. Includes papers about the organization, conference working papers, and publications.
Collection is open for research.