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  • He also applied the label to Congress of Racial Equality director Floyd McKissick and Alabama's segregationist governor, George Wallace.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • But in September 1955, as a wave of integration efforts was beginning to effect change in schools, restaurants and public services, a group of 40 protesters from a group known as the Congress of Racial Equality arrived at Gwynn Oak to ask why black people weren't allowed in the park, author Amy Nathan writes in her new book, "Round & Round Together."

    Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Lavanya Ramanathan 2012

  • She brought him to meetings of the Congress of Racial Equality and to protest marches.

    Dylan Muse Graced Famed Album Cover Stephen Miller 2011

  • Rotolo was working as a secretary at the Congress of Racial Equality CORE office and each night gave Dylan the latest scoop about the civil rights movement.

    Peter Dreier: The Political Bob Dylan Peter Dreier 2011

  • The first Freedom Ride was a project of the Congress of Racial Equality, a national civil rights group.

    Freedom Riders mark 50 years 2011

  • According to a Lorillard spokesman, Ms. Roy also arranged for Niger Innis, national spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality, a civil-rights organization, to appear on radio programs in Chicago and elsewhere to discuss the menthol issue.

    Lorillard Fights to Snuff Menthol Ban David Kesmodel 2011

  • Niger Innis, spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality and an unpaid adviser to Mr. Cain helped craft the plan and said it's no surprise Mr. Cain's advisers are little-known.

    Candidates Mold Economic Teams Sara Murray 2011

  • Rotolo was working as a secretary at the Congress of Racial Equality CORE office and each night gave Dylan the latest scoop about the civil rights movement.

    Peter Dreier: The Political Bob Dylan Peter Dreier 2011

  • But the members of the Congress of Racial Equality that came up with this idea, the young activists, were absolutely determined that they were going to force the issue, that they had to fight for 'freedom now,' not 'freedom later,' and that someone had to take the struggle out of the courtroom and into the streets, even if it meant for death for some of them.

    'Freedom Riders' Remembered 50 Years Later 2011

  • Rotolo was working as a secretary at the Congress of Racial Equality CORE office and each night gave Dylan the latest scoop about the civil rights movement.

    Peter Dreier: The Political Bob Dylan Peter Dreier 2011

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