Notebook: SNCC Strikes the Landlords

“You can’t do nothing with them white folks. They have the money and the power. When they feel like doing something, they’ll do it. I asked Mr. Barry [the landlord] to fix my bathroom, and he says he will. Those white folks can’t be forced to do things they don’t want to do.”

Mrs. Thorp, a tenant at 2920 13th Street, N.W., has refused to join the rent-strike organized by SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee). Three other tenants in the bui...