Hmm. It’s hard to say. I think the SNCC sit-ins were a vitally important part of the civil rights moment, though, they played a big role in drawing attention to and eventually ending segregation in a lot of places, and high school students did or helped in a significant percentage of them. High school students played a significant role in the SNCC organization in general.
I mean, it’s hard to say what the overall effect is; that’s like saying “would the civil rights movement has been as effective if there had been a third less protests”. It seems likely that it would not have been, but it’s hard to say with any certainty or to quantify it.
Hmm. It’s hard to say. I think the SNCC sit-ins were a vitally important part of the civil rights moment, though, they played a big role in drawing attention to and eventually ending segregation in a lot of places, and high school students did or helped in a significant percentage of them. High school students played a significant role in the SNCC organization in general.
I mean, it’s hard to say what the overall effect is; that’s like saying “would the civil rights movement has been as effective if there had been a third less protests”. It seems likely that it would not have been, but it’s hard to say with any certainty or to quantify it.