When you talked about what really caused the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, it had nothing to do with the fact that it’s whether or not they wanted us to believe in us as a people. We became what we call we the people. –Dave Dennis, Session 5 page 30
The experience in Mississippi taught SNCC many things. One was that you had let local people make the decisions. Another was that there was a lot to lose. In these selections, members of SNCC and younger activists share some of what they have learned through organizing.
I think the SNCC model is different. We were really dependent upon the people that we were helping to organize. They had knowledge. We were dependent upon them for survival.—Janet Moses, Session 5 page 74
So we look at these events and we can’t do anything about them, but we try to cope, and we try to live and let live, and every day is a new day. Every day is a new day. When we wake, we have a new day. –Dorie Ladner, Session 4, page 62
