Bernice Fisher

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Bernice Fisher was an American civil rights activist and organizer who helped pioneer nonviolent direct action tactics and co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality.

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instanceOf civil rights activist
community organizer
human
advocatedFor racial equality
social justice
cause civil rights for African Americans
desegregation
coFounded Congress of Racial Equality
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employedNonviolence yes
fieldOfWork civil rights
community organizing
nonviolent resistance
gender female
hasRole co-founder of Congress of Racial Equality
ideology nonviolence
pacifism
influenced later civil rights organizers
nonviolent protest strategies in the United States
knownAs Bernice Fisher
movement American civil rights movement
notableFor co-founding the Congress of Racial Equality
pioneering nonviolent direct action tactics in the United States
occupation civil rights activist
organizer
usedTactic boycotts
nonviolent direct action
picketing
sit-ins
workedWith Congress of Racial Equality

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Congress of Racial Equality foundedBy Bernice Fisher
CORE founder Bernice Fisher
subject surface form: Congress of Racial Equality
Bernice Fisher knownAs Bernice Fisher