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CORE sit-in at Jack Sprat Coffeehouse in Chicago May 1960

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CORE sit-in at Jack Sprat Coffeehouse in Chicago May 1960

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  1. “James L. Farmer, Jr. (1920-1999) was a civil rights activist and politician. Born in Marshall, Texas, Farmer attended Wiley College and Howard University's School of Religion. While at Howard, Farmer was introduced to and embraced Gandhi's philosophy of non-violent direct action. In 1942, with a white friend and a few others, Farmer founded the Committee on Racial Equality, later called the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), after they successfully staged a sit-in demonstration in front of a Jack Spratt's Coffee Shop in Chicago that had refused to serve a mixed-race group of customers.” "James Farmer, Jr. | Who Speaks for the Negro?" James Farmer, Jr. | Who Speaks for the Negro?N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2012.

  2. “CORE was founded by a group of students on the Campus of the University of Chicago. Many of the founders of CORE where followers of the Ghandian principles of non-violent civil disobedience and belonged to an organization called F.O.R. (Fellowship of Reconciliation).” "Facts About CORE." Congress of Racial Equality. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2012.

  3. CORE sit-in at Jack Sprat Coffeehouse in Chicago May 1960

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