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spazzmann

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Sat Jun 15, 2013, 08:17 AM Jun 2013

Today in Peace and Justice history on June 15, 1942

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was founded in Chicago by a group of students including James Farmer and Bayard Rustin. They found inspiration in Mahatma Gandhi—and his nonviolent victory over British colonial rule of India—for their struggle to achieve full legal rights for African Americans. http://bit.ly/10kM5ru

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