Congress of Racial Equality
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The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was founded in 1942 by a group of students in Chicago. Early members included George Houser, James Farmer, Anna Murray and Bayard Rustin. Members of CORE were mainly pacifists who had been deeply influenced by Henry David Thoreau. Mahatma Gandhi's teachings and the nonviolent civil disobedience campaign that he used successfully against British rule in India also heavily influenced CORE. These students were convinced that the same methods Gandhi employed could be used to obtain civil rights in America for black persons. The Congress of Racial Equality also organized Freedom Rides in the Deep South. By 1961 CORE had 53 chapters throughout the United States.
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"All my life I’ve been sick and tired. Now I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired."
"They take me from my husband and they take my home from me. But still, at the next election, I will be there, voting just as much as white folks vote."
"Sometimes it feel like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off."
"There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people."