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The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the civil rights movement. Founded in 1942, its stated mission is "to bring about equality for all people regardless of race, creed, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion ...
Roy Emile Alfredo Innis (June 6, 1934 – January 8, 2017) was an American activist and politician.He was National Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) [1] from 1968 until his death.
Co-founder of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) George Mills Houser (June 2, 1916 – August 19, 2015) was an American Methodist minister , civil rights activist , and activist for the independence of African nations.
This small cell provided the people for the beginnings of the Committee on Racial Equality which they soon renamed the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). [1] James Farmer was among the co-founders. [2] The founding members of CORE were James Farmer, Bernice Fisher, George Houser, Homer A. Jack, James Russell Robinson, and Joe Guinn. [3]
In November 1961, he founded the Syracuse chapter of Congress of Racial Equality. He was only the third Black faculty member at Syracuse. [3] [4] He later was a founder of the National Welfare Rights Organization. [5] He was listed on the Master list of Nixon's political opponents. [citation needed]
James Farmer (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1942, a pacifist organization dedicated to achieving racial harmony and equality through nonviolent protest and passive resistance, and was chosen to be its first national director in 1953.
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James Leonard Farmer Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was an American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr." [1] He was the initiator and organizer of the first Freedom Ride in 1961, which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate transportation in the ...