Congress of Racial Equality, Chicago Chapter Archives, 1947-1990
- Collection ID ARCHIVES 2007/02
- Creator Names Congress of Racial Equality. Chicago Chapter.
- Title Archives, 1947-1990
- Physical description 2 linear feet
- Collection summary CORE, a national civil rights organization, began in Chicago in 1942, with protests to force desegregation of restaurants and other public accommodations. These archives cover the period of the early and mid-1960s, when Chicago CORE's membership was at its height. Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, flyers, programs, news clippings and photographs.
- Access and usage restrictions Available for research in the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Public Library.
- Acquisition information Collection donated by John Stuckey via Don Watanabe, 2007.
- Finding Aids Note Finding aid available in the Reading Room of the Special Collections and Preservation Division and on the library's web site.
- Names Congress of Racial Equality. Chicago Chapter Archives.
- Subjects Civil rights workers Illinois Chicago History Sources.
- Finding aid URL Finding aid http://www.chipublib.org/fa-congress-of-racial-equality-archives/