Northern Student Movement
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The Northern Student Movement (NSM) was an American civil rights organization that drew inspiration from sit-ins and lunch counter protests led by students in the south.[1] NSM was founded at Yale University in 1961 by Peter J. Countryman, which grew out of the work of a committee formed by the New England Student Christian Movement,[2] and was affiliated with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).[1] Countryman began NSM's work by collecting books for a predominantly African-American college and raising funds for SNCC. He then turned to organizing tutoring programs for inner city youth in northeastern cities. By 1963, NSM was reported to be helping as many as 3,500 children using 2,200 student volunteers from 50 colleges and universities.[3] NSM also encouraged direct-action protests, sending volunteers to sit-ins in the South and organizing rent strikes in the North.[2][4][5] In the early 60's, NSM's work was divided into three areas which were each headed by an executive committee: "the campus, the community, and the south."[6]
Founded | 1961 |
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Founder | Peter J. Countryman |
Dissolved | 1966? |
Type | Civil rights organization |
Focus | Tutoring 3,500 inner city youth in northeastern cities (1963); later sent students to sit-ins in the South and organized direct-action protests in the North. |
Location | |
Origins | Conference of the New England Student Christian Movement (1961) |
Method | Volunteerism, education, community organizing |
Key people | Peter J. Countryman William L. Strickland |
Employees | 50 (1963) |
Volunteers | 2,200 (1963) |