Civil Rights Groups Flashcards
What does CORE stand for?
Congress of Racial Equality.
What did CORE do?
Initially engaging in sit-in and picketing campaigns to “desegregate public accommodations in northern cities,” CORE eventually became a participant in the Freedom Rides, Freedom Summer, and the Black Power Movement.
What does SNCC stand for?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
What did SNCC do?
activities initially included coordinating student-led sit-ins in Greensboro and later throughout the Deep South, supporting these activists, and helping to publicize their activities.
What does SCLC stand for?
Southern Christian Leadership Confrence.
What did SCLC do?
Founded by Martin Luther King Jr this group sought to attack inequality and injustice with the use of nonviolent direct action.
What does NAACP
National Association for the advancement of Colored people.
What did the NAACP do?
the NAACP sought to bring about legal solutions to America’s race problems.
