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Congress on Racial Equality

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  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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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

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