CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS
Name of Group: Student Committee for the Admission of Negroes (SCAN)
Reason: Washington University will not allow the African American students to attend.
Group Started: May 9, 1942
Name: CORE
Founders: Bernice Fisher, George Houser, Jim Farmer
Group started: 1942
During Sept 16-Sept 21, 1968, the members changed the Constitution of CORE from a Civil Rights group to Human Rights group promoting Black self-determination (Black group).
Name: St. Louis CORE
Founders: Bernice Fisher, Irvin and Margaret Dagen
Group started: 1947
Name: March on Washington Movement Chapter (MOWM)
Group Started: May 1942
Founders: A. Philip Randolph
Theodore McNeal, Chair man of Local Brotherhood of sleeping car porters
David Grant, African American Attorney
The group consisted of only African Americans. The MOWM was a model for future civil rights groups.
Name: Black Defenders
Reason: They fought against racism and segregation.
Name of group: Council of Human Relations
Reason: They wanted to create an environment even under the limits of discrimination for African American families.
The Catholic Church, in St. Louis, MO, played a key role in Black freedoms.
Name: National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. NAACP
Group Started: Founded in 1909
Reason: The group co-organized the March on Washington in 1963. They used legal strategies to confront all critical civil rights issues. They had successfully lobbied to get the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Act passed.
Reason: Washington University will not allow the African American students to attend.
Group Started: May 9, 1942
Name: CORE
Founders: Bernice Fisher, George Houser, Jim Farmer
Group started: 1942
During Sept 16-Sept 21, 1968, the members changed the Constitution of CORE from a Civil Rights group to Human Rights group promoting Black self-determination (Black group).
Name: St. Louis CORE
Founders: Bernice Fisher, Irvin and Margaret Dagen
Group started: 1947
Name: March on Washington Movement Chapter (MOWM)
Group Started: May 1942
Founders: A. Philip Randolph
Theodore McNeal, Chair man of Local Brotherhood of sleeping car porters
David Grant, African American Attorney
The group consisted of only African Americans. The MOWM was a model for future civil rights groups.
Name: Black Defenders
Reason: They fought against racism and segregation.
Name of group: Council of Human Relations
Reason: They wanted to create an environment even under the limits of discrimination for African American families.
The Catholic Church, in St. Louis, MO, played a key role in Black freedoms.
Name: National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. NAACP
Group Started: Founded in 1909
Reason: The group co-organized the March on Washington in 1963. They used legal strategies to confront all critical civil rights issues. They had successfully lobbied to get the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Act passed.