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Say hello to CORE
CORE’s activities began with a sit-in at a coffee shop in Chicago -
First notice
Through sit-ins and picket lines, CORE had success in integrating northern public facilities in the 1940. -
Team with the Freedom Riders
After Southern states ignored the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1946 decision regarding the unconstitutionality of segregated seating on interstate buses, CORE and FOR launched the first Freedom Ride, an interracial peaceful protest. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
CORE provided the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott with its philosophical commitment to nonviolent direct action. As the Civil Rights Movement took hold, CORE focused its energy in the South. -
Sit-in at coffee shop
Four black college students sat down at a "white-only" department store lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Get some help
In the early 1960s, CORE, working with other civil rights groups, launched a series of initiatives: the Freedom Rides, aimed at desegregating public facilities, the Freedom Summer voter registration project and the historic 1963 March on Washington. -
Something to remember
The Freedom Rides of 1961 and the Freedom Summer project of 1964 endure as CORE’s most memorable contribution to the civil rights struggle. The group’s efforts became all the more dramatic when its nonviolent demonstrations were met by vicious responses from whites
