CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) was founded in Chicago in 1942 with the goal to end the Jim Crow system of segregation. An inter-racial pacifist project, CORE was influenced by the nonviolent philosophy of Gandhi and used dynamic demonstrations and sit-ins as their main tactics. The Brooklyn chapter was founded in 1960 by a handful of local, reformed-minded community activists, which were involved in the Woolworth sympathy strikes.
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Sonny Carson
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