CORE

Was founded in 1942 it flourished during the early and mid-1960s. Initially engaging in sit-in and picketing campaigns to "desegregate public accommodations in northern cities," CORE eventually became a participant in the Freedom Rides, Freedom Summer, and the Black Power Movement. Using its organizing skills to register voters and to gain national attention for civil rights activists, this organization helped to break down a number of legal barriers that for decades had prevented blacks and other minorities from exercising their constitutional rights.

CORE was one of the " big four" organizations during the civil rights movement it was influential to the time and to the struggle of the black race and to help gain they're rights and equality

FOUNDING MEMBERS

• James l farmer
• George houser
• Bernice fisher
• Homer jack
• Joe guinn
• Also of the group 1 third where black and 2 thirds were white

EVENTS THEY TOOK PLACE IN

• Freedom rides
• Desegregation of Chicago schools
• March on Washington
• Freedom summer
• March on ciciero Illinois