Question

The Congress of Racial Equality

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

C. used sit-ins in the 1940s to encourage integration.

Explanation:

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was founded in 1942 as a non-violent American organization that wanted to end racial inequality, as well as gender, age and sexual orientation discrimination, it was not only focused on specific type of discrimination. CORE used sit-ins and picketing to encourage social integration, and all people, including white men were allowed to participate.

Answer 2

Answer:

C) used sit-ins in the 1940s to encourage integration.

Explanation:

Congress Of Racial Equality, CORE is a US civil rights non-governmental organization founded in 1942 in Chicago by James Leonard Farmer under the name of the Committee for Racial Equality. The goal of the organization is to create a society in which race or creed is neither an advantage nor an obstacle. The project originally had the collaboration of an interracial group of students from Chicago. Many of the founding members belonged to the Fraternity of Reconciliation (FOR), a pacifist association against racism. Later the headquarters of the organization moved to New York. The Organization of the United Nations has distinguished it with the status of consultative NGO.