State Archives of Florida: Collection N2015-1, Box 01, Folder 11
Memo from CORE discussing sit-in activity in New Orleans during September 1960, starting with the arrest of seven CORE members holding a peaceful sit-in at the Canal Street Woolworth's lunch counter. The memo outlines other arrests in New Orleans and the charges against these activists.
ca. 1960
Civil Rights Movement in Florida (1954-1975)
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was a civil rights organization that practiced non-violent direct action.