Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) publications and ephemera , 1943 - 1967

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Scope and Contents

This file contains newsletters, pamphlets, and correspondence primarily created by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from 1943 to 1967.

Newsletters: CORE-LATOR, No. 78, Fall - 1959.

CORE-LATOR, No. 80, Special Issue - March 1960. This issue is devoted to sit-ins.

Sit-Down Newsletter, Number 9, August 22, 1960. Per the title, this newsletter published to cover CORE’s sit-in campaigns.

CORE Newsletter, July 1967. Published by the Rhode Island chapter.

CORE Newsletter, August 1967. Published by the Rhode Island chapter.

Publications: Randall, Frank; Brown, Robert McAfee. The Freedom Riders: A Clergyman's View, An Historian's View. New York: Congress of Racial Equality, [1961?]. A pamphlet published by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) recounting the experiences of two academics, historian Frank Randall and theologian Robert McAfee Brown, on the Freedom Rides across the South. Both men had at various times been affiliated with Amherst College, and these recollections were originally published in “The Amherst College Alumni News.”

Justice? New York: CORE, [1962]. Testimony before the Committee of Inquiry into the Administration of Justice in the Freedom Struggle.

Ephemera: An envelope sent out to supporters in 1964 featuring two leaflets, a brochure for CORE Holiday Cards for 1964. A May 26, 1943 form letter from Bernice Fisher, Chairman, asking supporters to participate in non-violent direct action projects or to contribute financially for their campaign related to interracial housing. A report from Apfel and Englander, CPA, on CORE’s financial status as of May 31, 1960. Includes a balance sheet, statement of income and expenses, and statement of expenses allocated into categories.

Dates

Creation: 1943 - 1967

Creator

From the Collection: Johns Hopkins University (Collector, Organization)
From the Collection: Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950 (Person)
From the Collection: Black Panther Party (Organization)
From the Collection: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Organization)
From the Collection: Women's Negro Suffrage Association of Newark (Organization)
From the Collection: Zeboski, Walt, 1929-2012 (Person)
From the Collection: Associated Press (Publisher, Organization)
From the Collection: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) (Organization)
From the Collection: Independent Socialist Club. Berkeley Campus Branch (Organization)
From the Collection: Revolutionary Youth Movement (1969-) (Organization)
From the Collection: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 (Person)
From the Collection: Congress of Racial Equality (Organization)
From the Collection: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (Organization)
From the Collection: Coalition for a Black Count (Organization)

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Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1942, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) began as an interracial civil rights organization that was crucial in the fight for racial equality during the civil rights movement. CORE was founded by James L. Farmer, Jr., Pauli Murray, George Houser, James R. Robinson, Samuel E. Riley, Bernice Fisher, Homer Jack, and Joe Guinn. CORE members were at the frontline of the movement, participating in picket lines, sit-ins, and boycotts in the name of racial equality throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. In the mid 1960s, the organization shifted its goals to support Black nationalism after Floyd McKissick, a Black Power advocate, became the director of CORE. The members of CORE were active in many of the most pivotal moments of the civil rights movement.