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SNCC Training
(WDBJ Television, Roanoke, VA)

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee training sessions in Danville and elsewhere included instruction on how to protect oneself when police used nightsticks, and hit and kicked demonstrators. Those who went through training often tried to simulate the experience of a demonstration and confrontation by singing and acting out the parts of police and protestor.
About the film
  • Date: Summer 1963
  • Sound: Yes
  • Duration: 00:42
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