ORGANIZATION

Founded 1942 in Chicago.

Official Website:
http://www.core-online.org/

Founding Date:
1942

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Susan Brownmiller	Activist	15-Feb-1935		Feminist, Against Our Will
Stokely Carmichael	Activist	29-Jun-1941	15-Nov-1998	Black separatist, Pan-Africanist
Linda Chavez	Activist	17-Jun-1947		Neoconservative activist, pundit
Robert Curvin	Activist	23-Feb-1934	29-Sep-2015	Former Black Power activist
Ossie Davis	Actor	18-Dec-1917	4-Feb-2005	Do The Right Thing
Ruby Dee	Actor	27-Oct-1924	12-Jun-2014	The Jackie Robinson Story
Fredric Dicker	Journalist	1944		New York Post
Olympia Dukakis	Actor	20-Jun-1931		Tales of the City
James Farmer	Activist	12-Jan-1920	9-Jul-1999	Co-Founder, CORE
Roy Innis	Activist	6-Jun-1934		Congress of Racial Equality
Galway Kinnell	Poet	1-Feb-1927	28-Oct-2014	Selected Poems
William Kunstler	Attorney	7-Jul-1919	4-Sep-1995	Civil rights attorney
Bayard Rustin	Activist	17-Mar-1910	24-Aug-1987	Organized the 1963 March on Washington
Albert Shanker	Labor Leader	14-Sep-1928	22-Feb-1997	American Federation of Teachers
George A. Wiley	Activist	26-Feb-1931	8-Aug-1973	Founder, National Welfare Rights Organization

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