SNCC: The New Abolitionists (Expanded Edition)
About this ebook
SNCC: The New Abolitionists has influenced generations of readers seeking to learn from the successes and failures of SNCC organizers. Zinn’s documentation of the process of social change remains an indispensable resource for activists who are continuing, in the tradition of SNCC, to fight for a more just world.
This edition includes a new foreword by Anthony Arnove, situating Howard Zinn's work and legacy, and an afterword by Barbara Ransby, reflecting on the enduring importance of SNCC.
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About the author
Barbara Ransby is a Distinguished Professor in the Departments of African American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ransby is author of two award-winning books: Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement and Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson.
is the editor of several books, including Howard Zinn Speaks, Voices of a People’s History of the United States, which he co-edited with Howard Zinn, and Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the Twenty-First Century, which he co-edited with Haley Pessin. He also wrote the introduction for the new 35th anniversary edition of Zinn’s classic book A People’s History of the United States.
