So That None Shall Be Afraid
So That None Shall Be Afraid
Establishing and Building the Student Interracial Ministry, 1960–1961
This chapter covers the pilot project summer of the Student Interracial Ministry and the seven students (three white males, one white female, and three black males) who worked in the south during the summer of 1960. Of particular note is Jane Stembridge’s work with Ella Baker to start up the first office for SNCC in Atlanta, Georgia. This chapter also covers the creation of the founding charter for the organization and the establishment of SIM as an official civil rights group during the academic year 1960-1961, supported by the National Council of Churches and the Interseminary Movement and endorsed by Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Council.
Keywords: John Collins, Jane Stembridge, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Ella Baker, Union Theological Seminary, Pastoral exchange, Interracialism, Will Campbell, National Council of Churches, Interseminary Movement
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