Congress of Racial Equality. Seattle Chapter

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was one of the leading non-violent organizations that spearheaded the 1960s civil rights movement. Founded in Chicago in 1942, CORE became especially active and visible in the early 1960s, and chapters were established across the country. Seattle CORE, founded in 1961, became one of the organization's most ambitious and successful chapters. During the 1960s, Seattle CORE helped support the organization's national campaigns, particularly in the South in the early 1960s, and also undertook many projects to fight local discrimination in employment, housing, and education. In the late 1960s, internal rifts contributed to the Seattle chapter's decline and finally its end in 1970.

From the description of Congress of Racial Equality, Seattle Chapter, records, 1961-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28418270

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