Source

State Archives of Florida, Collection N2015-1

Description

This report contains a summary of action at the institute written by Susan Boden. She writes about institute members testing Miami lunch counters, movie theaters and public transportation to see if African-American Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) members would be served. Sit-ins were held at Jackson Byron's department store and Grant's. In each instance, CORE members were not served. James R. Robinson of CORE wrote an evaluation of the institute which includes sections about the concept and aims of the institute; preparatory work; selections of participants; functioning of the institute; evaluations made by institute members, and conclusions and suggestions for future institutes.

Date

1959

Creator

Bodan, Susan
Robinson, James R.

Publisher

Congress of Racial Equality

Contributors

Carey, Gordon R.
Rich, Marvin

Format

Reports

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Topic

Slavery And Race Relations

Subjects

African Americans--Civil rights
Casper, Newton J.
Civil rights--Social aspects
Cobb, C. W., Jr.
Congress of Racial Equality
Congress of Racial Equality. Miami Chapter
De Vault, Don
Foster, T. W.
Jackson Byron's (Miami, Fla.)
McCain, James T.
Nelson, Malcolm
Nonviolence
Race relations
Randolph, Harlan
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
W.T. Grant (Firm)
Williams, Vera
Wyckoff, Estelle
Zoloth, Milton
Zoloth, Shirley

Geographic Term

Miami
Miami-Dade County
New York City (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (N.Y.)
Birmingham (Ala.)
Champaign (Ill.)
Milwaukee (Wis.)
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Atlanta (Ga.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)

General Note

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was a civil rights organization that practiced non-violent direct action.