Leon A. DeMeunier was chairman of the Detroit Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from its establishment in 1960 until sometime in 1962 or 1963. He was also national council member and member of the executive committee of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in the United States, a men and boy's organization of the Episcopal Church. As CORE officer, DeMeunier served as participant, organizer, and negotiator for his organization. In the forefront of civil rights protests in this period, CORE sponsored a variety of demonstrations and protests, including lunchroom sit-ins and "Freedom Rides" on buses to the deep South to protest segregated facilities and the denial of service to African Americans.
From the guide to the Leon DeMeunier papers, 1960-1964 and 1971, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan)
