Some were active in civil rights groups like the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), which initiated the Freedom Rides and was founded in 1942 on Mahatma Gandhi's principle of nonviolent protest.

In his posthumously published autobiography, Carmichael spoke about the significance of the Freedom Rides: "CORE would be sending an integrated team-black and white together-from the nation's ...

The Freedom Riders, a group consisting of both Black and ... owned assets in their portfolio that they consider "non-core assets" comprise "almost 80 million rentable square feet across the ...

1. The Freedom Riders tested states’ compliance with two Supreme Court rulings. James Farmer, Jr., CORE’s co-founder and national director, organized the first Freedom Rides early in 1961.

“The Montgomery bus station and Freedom Rides Museum will not be on GSA’s non-core list.” Figures, who represents the Montgomery area in the House, said the GSA contacted him to confirm that ...

Freedom Riders, When I got off ... writer and fight for change in the country through an organization named Core the Congress of Racial Equality. We knew every time we took a ride that if we ...

Image 1 of 3 Freedom Riders on a Greyhound bus sponsored by the Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE), sit on the ground outside the bus after it was set afire by a group of whites who met the Negro ...

CORE leader James Farmer cut the campaign short ... For years, Mr. Person mostly kept quiet about his involvement in the Freedom Rides. After he returned to Atlanta, he took the advice of his ...