The Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement | Federal Civil Rights Legislation Is Inadequate
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was founded in 1942 to challenge segregation and discrimination through nonviolent resistance at restaurants, waiting rooms, and other public areas. Despite its pacifist origins, however, CORE evolved with the political climate: As the quest for black rights intensified in the sixties, CORE, under the leadership of Executive Director James Farmer, began to abandon its long-held belief in nonviolent protest and promote a more militant, separatist agenda.
The following is excerpted from Farmer’s report on civil rights to the 1965 CORE...
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- Introduction
- How Did the Fight for Rights Begin?
- Segregation or Integration?
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What Were the Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Federal Legislation Will Strengthen Civil Rights
- Federal Civil Rights Legislation Is Inadequate
- Blacks Must Employ Nonviolent Resistance
- Nonviolent Resistance Is Not Enough
- Blacks Should Strive for Black Power
- Black Power Is Ineffective
- King’s Protest Campaigns Had a Limited Impact on Civil Rights
- King’s Protest Campaigns Bolstered Civil Rights
- Who Played the Most Important Role in the Civil Rights Movement?
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