Congress on Racial Equality

Cultural  

1. A leading organization in the civil rights movement. CORE launched the Freedom Riders and came under the influence of the Black Power philosophy.

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Example Sentences

While a student at the University of Chicago, Sanders was involved in the Congress on Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

From US News • Feb. 11, 2016

Sanders attended Brooklyn College for a year, then transferred to the University of Chicago, where he joined the Young People’s Socialist League and the Congress on Racial Equality.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2015

Two-term Nevada Assemblyman Hardy, who hails from Mesquite, slid past Innis, a national spokesman for the Congress on Racial Equality.

From Washington Times • Jun. 11, 2014