SNCC: The youth will lead us

Lined up in front of a bus, crossing arms to hold hands, four Black and white activists sing and chant together. A couple others lean out of the bus windows above.
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A young Black boy yells into a megaphone and raises his left fist in the air. Around him are a few other smiling, exclaiming young children.
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A young Black leader stands in focus the forefront of a well-dressed group of nine Black and three white young activists. They stand together in a cluster on a residential street, a few with their hands behind them.
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Four young Black activists sit at a lunch counter with sodas and meals in front of them. Two closest to the camera look into the camera. The other two look in other directions. The table behind them is empty and through the glass diner door and window cars whiz by.
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Three well-dressed Black women lean in to talk as they sit on a pew in a large space filled with people. Two young Black men sitting in the same pew look in their direction.
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NEWS FILE May 17, 1961: Students at Nashville schools planned to help restart the Freedom Rides in Birmingham at the Greyhound bus station. However, Birmingham police commissioner Eugene ìBullî Connor had them arrested and personally escorted the group to the Alabama-Tennessee state line. Seated from left are John Lewis, Charles Butler, Catherine Burks Brooks, Lucretia Collins and Salynn McCollum.êUnseen civil rights photos 61-3514 Nashville Freedom Riders at Greyhound station, from left: John Lewis, Charles Butler, Catherine Burks (Brooks), Lucretia Collins, and Salynn McCollum; Rev. Nelson Smith standing (behind Burks). Group arrested soon after. With the exception of McCollum, the students were held on the bus before being allowed into the station. McCollum's father came from Buffalo, NY to get her out of jail while the others were dropped on the side of the road near Ardmore, Ala. in the early hours of the next morning. photo by Robert Adams or Norman Dean May 17-61 Freedom Riders at Bus Station medium format Processed with VSCO with 6 preset
In a room of ten Black activists and a few white activists, two smiling women talk and turn towards the camera.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael walk side by side with a group of four other leaders and a couple folks walk with them, right behind. They walk down a road with the shop signs Southern Glass Co. and a grocer visible behind.
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A young Black activist appears mid-sentence. He wears glasses, a printed teeshirt, light colored pants, and tennis shoes tied together over his shoulders. He walks with a line of almost twenty around and behind him along a rural road.
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Several Black and white protesters carry large banners and signs that say "WE SHALL OVERCOME" and "SEAT MFDP" and "Liberty Equality Fraternity MFDP"
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Nina Simone stands alongside four people and they clap and sing along in admiration of a man to their right who sings passionately. Behind the group is a shelf stacked with records, books, a stereo system, a menorah, and other decor.
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A Black activist leader stands at a podium in front of an enormous "BLACK POWER" banner on stage with a few others and in front of a crowd of listeners.
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In laughter and joy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael walk alongside two activist friends leading a march along a rural road.
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