CORE--Staff meetings (Canton and Meridian, CORE and COFO) - Minutes 1964 Jan., Feb., Aug.-1965 April, June (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 90)

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Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District

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This folder contains meeting minutes from CORE/COFO staff meetings in the Fourth District (including Canton and Meridian) from 1964-1965. In many cases, they provide almost verbatim accounts of any number and variety of disagreements among COFO workers. The reader can almost watch the movement unravel in repeated but unresolved questions about lines of authority and how to deal with personality conflicts and increasing suspicion and divisions among various civil rights groups. Among the many topics discussed: budgets for freedom houses and community centers; school integration efforts; the economic boycott in Canton; testing local public accommodations to see whether they are complying with the Civil Rights Act and allowing African Americans to be served; organizing precinct meetings, county conventions, and Freedom Days; an explanation of the N.A.C. (National Action Council) of CORE; the question of whether civil rights workers have a choice about the lawyers they use; differences be

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CORE--Staff meetings (Canton and Meridian, CORE and COFO) - Minutes 1964 Jan., Feb., Aug.-1965 April, June (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 90)

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