Produced by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee of California, this periodical was published from 1964 to 1970. From its humble origins as the Friends of SNCC Office in the Fillmore District, the Movement Newspaper grew to at its peak having 2,500 paid subscribers and nationwide distribution. Its initial goal was to keep West Coast members of SNCC in touch with activities in the South which later expanded to includes issues and topics outside of the American South and the traditional civil rights movement including national and international issues of racism, anti-imperialism and liberation struggles. The staff of the Movement was unpaid and attempted to function in a collective and democratic fashion.
Subject Index: American Indians; Anti-Draft Activities and the draft; Anti-War Activity in general; the Army; Black Movement: North (General); Black Movement: South (General); Black Panther Party; Black Power; Campuses: Berkeley; Campuses: Columbia; Campuses: SF State; Civil Rights; Culture and the Media; Electoral Activities; Farm-workers; Freedom Schools; High School Struggles; History (Ancient); Housing and Rent Strikes; International-Africa; International-Asia, especially VietNam; International-Europe and Canada; International- Latin America, especially Cuba; Lowndes County Struggles; Mexican-American Struggles; Miscellaneous; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; The Movement Newspaper; Pigs; Poetry; Power Structure; Poverty Struggles; Racism; Repression and Defense; Riots and Watts; SNCC; White community organizing; Women's Liberation; Working Class Struggles.