Congress on Racial Equality (CORE)
CORE focused on community organizing, voting rights, and nonviolent direct actions (i.e. boycotts & sit ins).
CORE boycotts Woolworth's in New York for having racially segregated lunch counters in the south.
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Cracking the Color Line
By: Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) CORE’s description of its nonviolent, direction action methods for eliminating racial discrimination at restaurants, stores, and other local businesses. |
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CORE Rules for Action
By: Congress on Racial Equality CORE’s principles for engaging in nonviolent action. |
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Equality is Goal of Race Congress
By: Bernard Stengren for NY Times Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) pickets a store in New York and draws inspiration from Gandhi. |
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Finding and Making Leaders
By: Nicholas von Hoffman How to use community organizing to develop leaders. |
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Guideline to Political Action
By: James T. McCain The Congress on Racial Equality’s guide to conducting a voter registration campaign through organizing, registration, and education. |
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Justice?
By: Committee of Inquiry into the Administration of Justice 33-page pamphlet of testimony by CORE and SNCC activists, Committee of Inquiry into the Administration of Justice in the Freedom Struggle. Convened by Eleanor Roosevelt, May 1962 |
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Louisiana Citizenship Program
By: Congress on Racial Equality CORE’s plans to expand geographically, while creating programs that reflect the local community’s political, social, economic, and legal needs. |
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On the Question of a Third Party
By: Mike Lesser A proposal for creating a third political party to better address the needs of Black people. It lists the questions that should be considered before launching a third party. |
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Political Action at the Community Level
By: Congress on Racial Equality A guide for CORE’s chapters to organize voters locally and deal with corrupt election officials. |
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Prospectus on Leadership Development
By: Congress on Racial Equality Structure for a leadership training program to educate the community on civil rights, law, economics, organizing, and social action. |
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Sit-Ins: The Students Reports (pamphlet)
By: Congress On Racial Equality (CORE) Six letters by students recounting their participation in sit ins. |
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The Meaning of the Sit-Ins
By: Congress on Racial Equality A statement intended to stimulate thought and discussion about the sit-ins and their effect on CORE and other national organizations. |
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The Right to Vote
By: James T. McCain CORE’s Director of Organization recounts the process of registering Black people to vote in the south and challenges presented by election officials. |
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Why Southern Students
By: Congress on Racial Equality The importance of organizing the most marginalized group within Black society. |
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Workshop in Nonviolence (instruction manual)
By: Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) The workshop provides scenarios for protesting evictions, meeting with political leaders who are tools of the oppressive regime, protesting segregated businesses, being imprisoned with people hostile to your organization, and working with protestors who have not received training. |
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