CORE

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civil rights organization nonprofit organization

CORE is a pioneering U.S. civil rights organization, founded in 1942, that played a key role in nonviolent protests and campaigns such as the Freedom Rides to challenge racial segregation and discrimination.

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Surface form Occurrences
Congress of Racial Equality 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights organization ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ
activePeriod 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
collaboratedWith NAACP ⓘ
surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
focus desegregation of public facilities ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
voting rights ⓘ
founded 1942 ⓘ
founder Bernice Fisher ⓘ
George Houser ⓘ
George Mills ⓘ
Homer Jack ⓘ
James Farmer ⓘ
James Robinson ⓘ
Joe Guinn ⓘ
Marv Rich ⓘ
foundingLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
historicalSignificance major organization in the U.S. civil rights movement ⓘ
ideology nonviolence ⓘ
inspiredBy Gandhian nonviolence ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
keyRoleIn Freedom Rides ⓘ
method nonviolent direct action ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableCampaign Freedom Rides ⓘ
Freedom Summer ⓘ
sit-ins ⓘ
voter registration drives ⓘ
notableLeader Floyd McKissick ⓘ
James Farmer ⓘ
Roy Innis ⓘ
opposed Jim Crow laws ⓘ
purpose ending racial discrimination ⓘ
ending racial segregation ⓘ
regionOfActivity Midwestern United States ⓘ
Northern United States ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
religiousInfluence Christian pacifism ⓘ
shortName CORE self-linksurface differs ⓘ
tactics boycotts ⓘ
mass demonstrations ⓘ
pickets ⓘ

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CORE → shortName → CORE self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Congress of Racial Equality