24 items found
Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Subject - Corporate contains "Congress of racial equality"
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"Suggestions for CORE Pickets," February 26, 1960

"Suggestions for CORE Pickets," February 26, 1960
Date
1960-02-26
Description
Leaflet with guidelines for how to carry out CORE pickets; how to present oneself at the demonstration; how to engage with the public; and outlining the purpose of picketing.
Collection
"Suggestions for CORE Pickets," February 26, 1960

"Suggestions for CORE Pickets," February 26, 1960
Memorandum from Charles R. Oldham to CORE Group Leaders and Students, December 15, 1960

Memorandum from Charles R. Oldham to CORE Group Leaders and Students, December 15, 1960
Date
1960-12-15
Description
CORE memo from Charles R. Oldham, national chairman, discussing white sit-in demonstrator Richard Parker being arrested during a picket line at McCrory's in Tallahassee; information about discrimination in Tennessee by local distributors of Wonderbread and Sealtest Milk against African-American registered voters; and an article in Look magazine about sit-ins written by Margaret Leonard, a CORE member.
Collection
Memorandum from Charles R. Oldham to CORE Group Leaders and Students, December 15, 1960

Memorandum from Charles R. Oldham to CORE Group Leaders and Students, December 15, 1960
Letter from James R. Robinson to Lottie Houston and Marion Hamilton, April 3, 1960

Letter from James R. Robinson to Lottie Houston and Marion Hamilton, April 3, 1960
Date
1960-04-03
Description
Letter from James R. Robinson, executive secretary of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), to Lottie Houston and Marion Hamilton, the mother and stepfather of Patricia and Priscilla Stephens, detailing the importance of the sisters' activism, explaining his time in jail and providing clippings about the Woolworth's boycott in Tallahassee.
Collection
Letter from James R. Robinson to Lottie Houston and Marion Hamilton, April 3, 1960

Letter from James R. Robinson to Lottie Houston and Marion Hamilton, April 3, 1960
"Scrapbook" by American Friends Service Committee, April 1960

"Scrapbook" by American Friends Service Committee, April 1960
Date
1960-04
Description
"Scrapbook" newsletter, Volume 15, Number 7, on the topics of picketing, forms of civil disobedience and civil defense tactics. The envelope indicates that the newsletter was sent from Richard Hiler to Patricia Stephens.
Collection
"Scrapbook" by American Friends Service Committee, April 1960

"Scrapbook" by American Friends Service Committee, April 1960
Minutes from a Tallahassee Action Group, ca. 1960

Minutes from a Tallahassee Action Group, ca. 1960
Date
1960 (circa)
Description
Minutes from a Tallahassee action group discussing what happened in December, including the resignation of George Brown as chairman of the group. Reverend J. S. Johnson automatically assumed chairmanship.
Collection
Minutes from a Tallahassee Action Group, ca. 1960

Minutes from a Tallahassee Action Group, ca. 1960
Memo from Gordon R. Carey to Local CORE Groups, December 7, 1960

Memo from Gordon R. Carey to Local CORE Groups, December 7, 1960
Date
1960-12-07
Description
Memo from CORE Field Director Gordon R. Carey to local CORE groups concerning desegregation of bus terminal restaurants. He discusses activity of select CORE field secretaries, including Jim McCain, Thomas Gaither, Genevieve Hughes and Richard Haley.
Collection
Memo from Gordon R. Carey to Local CORE Groups, December 7, 1960

Memo from Gordon R. Carey to Local CORE Groups, December 7, 1960
Memo from Melba Harmon to Bill Norris Regarding Civil Rights Picket, 1964

Memo from Melba Harmon to Bill Norris Regarding Civil Rights Picket, 1964
Date
1964-06-26
Description
Memorandum from Melba Harmon to Florida Highway Patrolman Bill Norris regarding civil rights protests at the Capitol building. The Tallahassee chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) planned to picket at the Capitol each weekday from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. indefinitely.
Collection
Memo from Melba Harmon to Bill Norris Regarding Civil Rights Picket, 1964

Memo from Melba Harmon to Bill Norris Regarding Civil Rights Picket, 1964
Memorandum from CORE, Report of Cities with New Lunch Counters, December 8, 1960

Memorandum from CORE, Report of Cities with New Lunch Counters, December 8, 1960
Date
1960-12-08
Description
CORE memo reporting the cities in the United States where new lunch counters have opened since February 1, 1960. A total of 126 lunch counters opened.
Collection
Memorandum from CORE, Report of Cities with New Lunch Counters, December 8, 1960

Memorandum from CORE, Report of Cities with New Lunch Counters, December 8, 1960
Advertisement for Congress of Racial Equality's Jazz Album, ca. 1960

Advertisement for Congress of Racial Equality's Jazz Album, ca. 1960
Date
1960 (circa)
Description
Brochure advertising the Congress of Racial Equality's all-star jazz 2-record album for half the price. Proceeds from sales help the CORE treasury bail out jailed demonstrators, conduct CORE workshops and organize African-American voter registration drives.
Collection
Advertisement for Congress of Racial Equality's Jazz Album, ca. 1960

Advertisement for Congress of Racial Equality's Jazz Album, ca. 1960
CORE National Council Meeting Flier, February 11 and 12, 1961

CORE National Council Meeting Flier, February 11 and 12, 1961
Date
1961-02-11
Description
Flier detailing the mission and purpose of upcoming CORE National Council meeting in Lexington, Kentucky.
Collection
CORE National Council Meeting Flier, February 11 and 12, 1961

CORE National Council Meeting Flier, February 11 and 12, 1961
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
n2015-1_b001_f12_03"Suggestions for CORE Pickets," February 26, 1960TextAfrican Americans--Civil rights
Civil Rights movements
Picketing		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f12_03.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f11_42Memorandum from Charles R. Oldham to CORE Group Leaders and Students, December 15, 1960TextAfrican Americans--Suffrage
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights--Economic aspects		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f11_42.jpg
n2015-1_b002_f01_05Letter from James R. Robinson to Lottie Houston and Marion Hamilton, April 3, 1960TextBoycotts
Imprisonment
Race relations		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b002_f01_05.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f09_23"Scrapbook" by American Friends Service Committee, April 1960TextCivil defense
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Passive resistance		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f09_23.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f09_69Minutes from a Tallahassee Action Group, ca. 1960TextCivil disobedience
Civil rights--Economic aspects
Meetings		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f09_69.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f11_22Memo from Gordon R. Carey to Local CORE Groups, December 7, 1960TextCivil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers
Social integration		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f11_22.jpg
s756_b114_f01_05Memo from Melba Harmon to Bill Norris Regarding Civil Rights Picket, 1964TextCivil rights demonstrations
Nonviolence
Picketing		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s756_b114_f01_05_01.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f11_41Memorandum from CORE, Report of Cities with New Lunch Counters, December 8, 1960TextCivil rights demonstrations
Segregation
Social integration		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f11_41.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f10_03Advertisement for Congress of Racial Equality's Jazz Album, ca. 1960TextCivil rights movements
Mass media and race relations
Civil rights--Economic aspects
African Americans -- Civil rights
Jazz musicians
Fund raising		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f10_03.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f11_18CORE National Council Meeting Flier, February 11 and 12, 1961TextCivil rights workers
Meetings
Civil rights--Economic aspects		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f11_18.jpg