In Struggle : SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s Paperback – April 3, 1995

In Struggle gives a very rationalistic view and accurate story of the SNCC. You can understand the wins and the fails of SNCC policies throughout the book and understand why has not continued. You learn to favor certain leader rather than others because of the factions withing the SNCC. Sometimes I felt like telling the SNCC "Don't do that, your abandoning your old Ghandian principles that made you strong!"So I'm glad I read this book even though I had to do it for an assignment. It's a good read, and I suggest it to those who like to study about the young black militancy spirit of the 1960's.

I received this product on time as promised and in great condition.I grew up during the late 50's, and didn't really appreciate the prime focus of SNCC.This book gives me a comprehensive look at how this group was started, and how it grew to such a well known organization.Very satisfied with this book.M. Sims

This book shows leaders of SNCC like H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael and their context in the Black Power movement. It shows SNCC from a lunch counter protesting because of boredom until H. Rap Brown's arrest and the end of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

The book arrived on time and in great condition. .it was easy to read..it was interesting and enjoyable .i would recommend it for personal research and educational..it really is an interesting book..

Very good book. provides information on the most active group of the civil rights movement. The grass roots group. It is great

This book traces the rise and fall of SNCC:the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. At the time Carson wrote it, it was one of the few books on the Civil Rights Movement that didn't focus on Martin Luther King and SCLC, and as such provided a welcome addition, even corrective, to the mainstream narrative of the movement. It is also a brilliant analysis of the dynamics of a reform movement and the tensions between leader centered and group centered styles of leadership. The analysis of Bob Moses and his approach to grass roots empowerment is right on target and provides a whole new way for thinking about Freedom Summer and organizing in Mississippi. This book is not for the fainthearted--its academic prose is dense at times and details can be a little confusing for those unfamiliar with SNCC personnel, hence four stars and not five. Nonetheless, it's worth taking time with, and I assign this book regularly for upper level directed studies and recommend it to students for research papers. Whether or not SNCC's achievements were compromised by the antics of former members in the 80s and 90s, Carson's book is a great analysis of its formation, tactics, and dissolution.

This book is a great account of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, which was started in 1960 in regard to Segregation on Americas buses and in the Woolworth dining room. This book leaves out no account, and anyone who had anything to do with the movement and SNCC is mentioned in this book. Carson went all out, and I think this book should be required reading in every Civil Rights History course.