| 释义 |
Snick, n.5 U.S.|snɪk|
Also SNICK.
[Alt. of SNCC (see S 4 a and below).]
The Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee, an organization of Black Americans campaigning for civil rights and Black power. Also attrib.
1962Time 12 Jan. 15/1 To fight segregation in their own way, young Negroes have organized themselves into a federation called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (‘Snick’ for short). 1967National Observer (U.S.) 27 Nov. 1/4 Snick had its origins in the sit-in movements of 1960. Ibid., Snick leaders consider elections a white man's device to deceive Negroes with false promises. 1967Telegraph (Austral.) 5 Aug. 2/1 The white man has been violent towards the Negro for 400 years... If we are violent to him he deserves every bit. SNICK is respected because if we say burn, baby, burn, we'll be the first to strike a match. 1978L. Heren Growing up on The Times ix. 292 In 1964..white students..met members of the student non-violent coordinating committee. Snick, as it was usually called, was still very much a genuine student movement with religious roots. |