CORE and NAACP demonstrations 1961-66

In the early 1960s, black and white student members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), CRAG, the NAACP, and other organizations used non-violent direct action tactics to protest housing, employment, and school segregation.

Demonstrators arrested in 1963 after a week-long sit-in at the Mayor’s Office. They demanded black appointees for the Human Rights Commission and a Fair Housing Law.