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January 1, 1942 to December 31, 1942. Founded in 1942 by an interracial group of students in Chicago, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) pioneered the use of nonviolent direct action in America’s civil rights struggle.
Dec 16, 2007 · The Congress of Racial Equality pioneered direct nonviolent action in the 1940s before playing a major part in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Founded by an interracial group of pacifists at the University of Chicago in 1942, CORE used nonviolent tactics to challenge segregation in Northern cities during the 1940s.
Sep 13, 2021 · Updated on September 13, 2021. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is a civil rights organization created in 1942 by white University of Chicago student George Houser and Black student James Farmer. An affiliate of a group called the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), CORE became known for using nonviolence during the U.S Civil Rights Movement.
It was founded in Chicago in 1942 as the Committee of Racial Equality (the name was changed to the present one in 1943) by a group of ten white and five black student activists who were influenced by the Christian Youth Movement, rising industrial unionism, and the antiracist political activism of black and white communists in the 1930s.
Oct 1, 2020 · James Farmer Photo: Library of Congress Digital ID ppmsc 01266. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was founded in 1942 by students who were members of the University of Chicago’s chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), a Christian pacifist group (The King Center, n.d.; Wilson, 2013). James Farmer, one of CORE’s founders, was ...
Overview. The Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) was formed in 1942 as an interracial organization committed to achieving integration through nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience.
Mar 5, 2016 · Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Raymond Gavins, Duke University, North Carolina; Book: The Cambridge Guide to African American History; Online publication: 05 March 2016; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316216453.075
