United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383Ricks, Willie, 1943-Merritt, Carole2006-03-16In his second interview, Willie Ricks expands on his experiences as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Lowndes County, Alabama. He explains how he became SNCC’s minister, a field secretary, how he actively organized demonstrations, and how he helped organize the Lowndes County Freedom Organization. Ricks also describes the different positions about nonviolence among the members of the Civil Rights Movement.Civil Rights activist, Willie Ricks, also known as Mukasa Dada, was a community organizer, leader, and a member of SNCC. Ricks was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His parents were born in a plantation area of Alabama near Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He actively planned and organized sit-ins, marches and public demonstrations throughout Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi.video/mp4VIS 180.025.002engKenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry RD, Atlanta, GA 30305http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/MSS 990, Voices Across the Color Line oral history transcriptions, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterAfrican Americans--HistoryCivil rightsRacismRace discriminationRace relationsAfrican AmericansPolicePolice--GeorgiaPolitics & government--GeorgiaReligionEducationTransportationNational Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleAmerican Civil Liberties Union of GeorgiaStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)Southern Christian Leadership ConferenceHoward High School (Chattanooga, Tenn.)Willie Ricks interview (Part 2 of 2)MovingImage