Courtland Cox

Courtland Cox is the Chairperson of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Legacy Project.

While a Howard University student, Cox became a member of Nonviolent Action Group (NAG) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He worked with SNCC in Mississippi and Lowndes County, Alabama, was the Program Secretary for SNCC in 1962, and was the SNCC representative to the War Crimes Tribunal organized by Bertram Russell. In 1963 he served as the SNCC representative on the Steering Committee for the March on Washington.

In 1973 Cox served as the Secretary General of the Sixth Pan-African Congress and international meeting of African people in Tanzania. He co-owned and managed the Drum and Spear bookstore and Drum and Spear Press.

Cox was appointed by President Clinton to serve as the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) at the U.S. Department of Commerce, a position he held until January 20, 2001.