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CORE-lator Newsletter, April 1960

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CORE-lator newsletter, number 81 outlining newly formed Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) chapters across the United States, recent arrests and updates about CORE's work across the country. "Letter From A Jailed Student" was written by Tallahassee civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due while she was in jail with seven others for holding a sit-in at Woolworth's. She includes the names of the other jailed students and describes her experience in jail.

Creator

Congress of Racial Equality

Date

1960-04

General Note

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

Subjects

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
Benson, Danny
Boice, Karl
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
Broxton, Barbara
Broxton, John
Carey, Gordon R.
Carney, Clement
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Civil rights--Social aspects
Diamond Department Store (Charleston, W. Va.)
F.W. Woolworth Company
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Gilmore, Elizabeth
Green, H. L.
Harrigan, E. F.
Helfrich, Karl
Hodge, Henry
Holt, Leonard
Kruize, Priscilla Stephens, 1938-
Larkins, William
Leon County Jail (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Mays, Bill
McCain, James T.
McCrory Corporation
Mitchell, Glen
Morris, Jesse
Nance, Angela
Nashville Christian Leadership Conference
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Social Welfare Assembly
Nonviolence
Pace College
Penney, Wanda
Race relations
Rich, Faith
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972
Robinson, James R.
Rodman, Edward
S.H. Kress & Co.
S.S. Kresge Company
Sapiro, Bernie
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Steele, Henry
United Transport Service Employees of America
W.T. Grant (Firm)
Walter, Earl
Zimmerman, Charles S., 1896-1983

Title

CORE-lator Newsletter, April 1960

Subject

Race relations

Civil rights--Social aspects

Nonviolence

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Creator

Congress of Racial Equality

Source

State Archives of Florida, Collection N2015-1

Publisher

Congress of Racial Equality

Date

1960-04

Contributor

Due, Patricia Stephens, 1939-2012

Holt, Leonard

Walker, Wyatt Tee

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newsletters

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eng-US

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Text

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

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Subject - Corporate

F.W. Woolworth Company

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Pace College

Nashville Christian Leadership Conference

Diamond Department Store (Charleston, W. Va.)

United Transport Service Employees of America

Central Conference of American Rabbis

National Social Welfare Assembly

Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)

S.H. Kress & Co.

McCrory Corporation

W.T. Grant (Firm)

S.S. Kresge Company

Leon County Jail (Tallahassee, Fla.)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Subject - Person

Harrigan, E. F.

Helfrich, Karl

Robinson, James R.

Kruize, Priscilla Stephens, 1938-

Carney, Clement

Larkins, William

Steele, Henry

Broxton, John

Nance, Angela

Broxton, Barbara

Holt, Leonard

Gilmore, Elizabeth

McCain, James T.

Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972

Belafonte, Harry, 1927-

Zimmerman, Charles S., 1896-1983

Mitchell, Glen

Rodman, Edward

Carey, Gordon R.

Green, H. L.

Penney, Wanda

Rich, Faith

Benson, Danny

Boice, Karl

Morris, Jesse

Walter, Earl

Hodge, Henry

Sapiro, Bernie

Mays, Bill

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Nashville (Tenn.)

Concord (N.C.)

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Leon County (Fla.)

New Jersey (N.J.)

Mullins (S.C.)

Charleston (W. Va.)

Miami (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Rock Hill (S.C.)

Washington (D.C.)

Boston (Mass.)

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Atlanta (Ga.)

Petersburg (Va.)

Greensville (S.C.)

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Congress of Racial Equality. CORE-lator Newsletter, April 1960. 1960-04. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331509>, accessed 2 April 2025.

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Congress of Racial Equality. CORE-lator Newsletter, April 1960. 1960-04. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/331509>

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