Students for a Democratic SocietyISBN: Website
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) studied, admired, and sometimes even tried to emulate SNCC’s style of grassroots organizing. The two organizations operated contemporaneously, each with progressive stances on racial and class justice, but their bases varied vastly: at the helm of SDS were mostly white college students, while SNCC, from the start, was a Black-led group that developed local leadership in southern communities.