Friday, April 16, 2010 -- Between-session break on the Campus of Shaw University, which hosted the first SNCC organizing conference, April 15 to 17, 1960. Convened by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the conference was attended by 126 student activist/delegates from 58 sit-in centers in 12 states, along with delegates from 19 northern colleges, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), National Student Association (NSA), and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Out of this conference the SNCC (SNCC) was formed.[