Which civil rights organization led sit-ins and nonviolent protests and included CORE and SNCC?

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

Answer: (A)

Sit-ins and nonviolent protests were driven by a network of groups that emphasized direct action and nonviolent discipline, with student-led energy at the forefront. The organization known for coordinating and leading these campaigns, while working closely with veteran groups like CORE, was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. SNCC organized the famous Greensboro sit-ins and spurred similar actions across the South, uniting students from colleges with broader civil rights networks and applying nonviolence as its core tactic. This emphasis on student-led direct action and collaboration with CORE makes SNCC the best fit.

The other groups played crucial roles in different aspects of the movement: the NAACP focused more on legal strategies and court challenges; the SCLC organized large-scale, church-based nonviolent protests led by veteran leaders like MLK; CORE pioneered nonviolent direct action, including early sit-ins, but SNCC is the one most closely associated with leading student-driven sit-in campaigns and sustaining nonviolent protest across multiple campaigns in the 1960s.