Congress of Racial Equality
American civil rights organization that pioneered the strategy of nonviolent direct action, especially the tactics of sit-ins, jail-ins, and Freedom Rides.
Congress of Racial Equality
American civil rights organization that pioneered the strategy of nonviolent direct action, especially the tactics of sit-ins, jail-ins, and Freedom Rides.
A version of this article originally appeared in Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience.
