Congress Of Racial Equality (Noun)
Meaning
An organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Congress of Racial Equality was a prominent civil rights organization in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s.
- James Leonard Farmer founded the Congress of Racial Equality in 1942 with the goal of achieving racial equality through nonviolent means.
- The Congress of Racial Equality played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement, organizing protests and demonstrations to bring attention to issues of racial inequality.
- The Congress of Racial Equality was one of the first organizations to use nonviolent direct action to challenge segregation and discrimination in the United States.
- The Congress of Racial Equality worked closely with other civil rights organizations, including the NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to achieve its goals.