Category Archives: CORE

Dick Gregory

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

“Richard Claxton ‘Dick’ Gregory (born October 12, 1932) is an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, comedian, conspiracy theorist and occasional actor. … Active in the Civil Rights Movement, on October 7, 1963, Gregory came to Selma, Alabama, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights Movement, CORE, Dick Gregory, Free Speech Movement, Freedom Summer, Hunter S. Thompson, Pacifist, SNCC, Vietnam War | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“I Have a Dream” – Martin Luther King Jr. – August 28, 1963

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

“‘I Have a Dream’ is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights Movement, CORE, Martin Luther King Jr., Pacifist, SCLC, SNCC | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Jack Newfield

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

“Jack Abraham Newfield (February 18, 1938 – December 21, 2004) was an American muckraking journalist, columnist, author, documentary filmmaker, activist, and fierce champion of underdogs. Newfield wrote for the Village Voice, New York Daily News, New York Post, New York Sun, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Civil Rights Movement, CORE, Newspaper, Pacifist, SCLC, SDS, SNCC, Vietnam War, Weather Underground | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Protest, 1965-1975 by Tom Hayden

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

“The era of protest against Vietnam – 1965-75 – was unique as the emergence of a nationwide peace movement on a scale not seen before in American history. There were previous war resisters, for example, the Society of Friends, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights Movement, CORE, Draft board, Feminist, Free Speech Movement, Freedom Summer, Henry Kissinger, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Pacifist, Peace talks, SCLC, SDS, SNCC, Tom Hayden, Vietnam War | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

St. Augustine movement

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

“A state police officer with club in hand overtakes a white segregationist, as African Americans attempted to swim and were attacked by a large group of whites at St. Augustine Beach, Florida, on June 25, 1964. The state police arrested … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights Movement, CORE, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Race Riots, SCLC, SNCC | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

University of Chicago sit-ins

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

“The University of Chicago sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois in 1962. The protests were called to end the reported segregation of students in the university. Led by a young Bernie … Continue reading →

Posted in CORE, Counterculture | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Freedom Riders

Posted on June 10, 2017 by

Freedom Riders Bus Burned near Anniston, Alabama, 1961. “Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years in order to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights Movement, CORE, Documentary, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, SNCC | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment