Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.), Columbia, Missouri, Papers, 1959-1964 (C2508)

.5 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

The Congress of Racial Equality Papers contain constitutions of the national and local C.O.R.E., minutes, membership lists, clippings, and correspondence. There is also information on integration in Columbia, the arrest of John D. Schopp, and projects sponsored by the national organization.

DONOR INFORMATION

The C.O.R.E. Papers were donated to the University of Missouri by James Mehl on 8 February 1967 (Accession No. 3699).


Picketers in front of Clark's Luncheonette, Columbia, Missouri. From collection C2508 volume 18. For information about obtaining copies of images contact shsofmo@umsystem.edu.
Picketers in front of Clark's Luncheonette, Columbia, Missouri. From
collection C2508 volume 18. For information about obtaining copies
of images contact shsofmo@umsystem.edu.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The Columbia C.O.R.E. chapter was organized in 1959 and affiliated with the national organization in 1960.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

These papers do not adequately document the administrative structure of Columbia's C.O.R.E. chapter; however, the newsclippings and small amount of correspondence do recount some of the activities of the organization during the early 1960s.

The materials from the national C.O.R.E., while not complete, chronicle the evolving and expanding role of the office and the conferences and integration projects it sponsored, as well as the activities of the national conventions during this time period.

FOLDER LIST

f. 1Constitutions and Organizational Material. Contains national, Columbia, and St. Louis constitutions; membership lists; and correspondence with Columbia chapter.
f. 2-3Undated Correspondence. Correspondence on community relations, the National Advisory Committee, and fundraising.
f. 4-12Correspondence, 1959-1964. National C.O.R.E. correspondence on financial status, community relations, executive secretary's reports, housing discrimination, bus terminal integration, national council meetings, Southern sit-ins and boycotts, freedom rides, and conventions.
f. 13Integration, Columbia, Missouri. Regarding integration in Columbia and program carried out in 1961 by C.O.R.E. to test integration of public accommodations.
f. 14-15John D. Schopp. Correspondence regarding John D. Schopp defense fund and trial, 1960-1961. See also volume 1.
f. 16Chapter Reports. Reports by local chapters about their activities presented to the 1960 and 1962 national conventions.
f. 17CORE-LATOR. Newspaper, 1959-1964 (incomplete). Included are:
  • no. 77, Summer 1959
  • no. 78, Fall 1959
  • no. 79, February 1960
  • no. 81, April 1960
  • no. 83, August 1960
  • no. 84, September 1960
  • no. 85, November 1960
  • no. 86, February 1961
  • no. 87, March 1961
  • no. 88, April 1961
  • no. 90, June 1961
  • no. 91, August 1961
  • no. 92, October 1961
  • no. 93, December 1961
  • no. 96, June 1962
  • no. 97, September 1962
  • no. 99, February 1963
  • no. 104, February 1964
f. 18Newspaper Clippings, 1960-1964. Missouri public accommodations legislation, sit-ins and lunch counter segregation in Columbia, racial discrimination in fraternities at the University of Missouri, the 1960 Democratic party platform, and 1964 civil rights legislation.
f. 19Fraternity Segregation, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1964. Correspondence and newspaper clippings.
f. 20-21C.O.R.E. Pamphlets, 1960-1961. Miscellaneous pamphlets and a League of Women Voters of Missouri pamphlet on public accommodations.
f. 22Miscellaneous.
v. 1Material related to Columbia C.O.R.E. from 1960 to 1962. Correspondence; trial brief of John D. Schopp trial; and newspaper clippings on integration, fraternity racial discrimination, human rights, and sit-ins. Also includes photographs of pickets in Columbia, 1960.
v. 2Material related to Columbia C.O.R.E. from 1962 to 1963. Newspaper clippings on local integration, sit-ins, dormitory integration at the University of Missouri, and the Columbia Human Rights Commission.

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