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

Speaking of his work with the civil rights group the Congress on Racial Equality fighting to desegregate housing and the school system, Sanders explained, “Injustice is something I have always fought, for all my life.”

From Salon

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

At the University of Chicago, Sanders was a leader of the Congress on Racial Equality, a civil rights group.

From Time

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

In 1964, the Congress on Racial Equality and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee led volunteers across Mississippi to register blacks to vote, during what was known as the Freedom Summer.

From Time