CORE Stages a Sit-in in Chicago to Protest Segregation
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Business, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Civil Disobedience, Nonviolence, Protests, Marches, Demonstrations, Rallies, Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, African American History
- Geographical Location: Chicago
- Date: May, 1943-June, 1943
Article abstract: Congress of Racial Equity’s first sit-in demonstrations in Chicago in 1943 were intended to change the attitudes of business owners and thus differed from the sit-ins of the 1960’s; they were, however, important precedents for the later sit-in movement.
Summary of Event
Still in its first year when it launched the 1943 sit-ins in Chicago, the Congress of Racial Equity (CORE) had more enthusiasm for Gandhian nonviolent methods than experience with them. The Chicago Committee of Racial Equality that developed into CORE was founded in...
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