to pressure the government to support civil rights
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To show their determination to win civil rights.
To give publicity to the struggle for civil rights
The Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organized sit-ins to pressure white-owned businesses to change their policies on segregating customers or refusing service to blacks. Such public displays gained media attention and raised the awareness of the country concerning the unfair and arbitrary racial bias in some areas of US society. This ultimately translated to political efforts to provide equal rights regardless of race.
To give publicity to the struggle for civil rights
(SNCC) i think
They did not like them.
Roosevelt
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) confronted southern segregation by the use of protests and "freedom rides."
April 1960