Under the leadership of Charles McDew, a convert to Judaism who served as its second chairman, this organization began hiring "field secretaries," who were paid $10 per week to organize in small towns.  
Under the leadership of Charles McDew, a convert to Judaism who served as its second chairman, this organization began hiring "field secretaries," who were paid $10 per week to organize in small towns.  It's not in New York City, but a member of this organization named Robert Moses organized a voter registration drive called the "Freedom Summer" to benefit blacks in Mississippi. Years before it was led by H. Rap Brown, this group attempted to seat an all-black delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. During the Atlanta Project, this organization founded by Ella Baker controversially expelled its white members. Its most famous leader coined the phrase associated with him after the shooting of James Meredith, calling for socio-economic independence. For 10 points, name this organization that became the center of the "black power" movement, led by Stokely Carmichael.
Under the leadership of Charles McDew, a convert to Judaism who served as its second chairman, this organization began hiring "field secretaries," who were paid $10 per week to organize in small towns.  
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [accept acronym pronounced as "snick"]