Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings: The Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn - Hardcover

by Brian Purnell (Author)

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) established a reputation as one of the most important civil rights organizations of the early 1960s. In the wake of the southern student sit-ins, CORE created new chapters all over the country, including one in Brooklyn, New York, which quickly established itself as one of the most audacious and dynamic chapters in the nation. In Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings, historian Brian Purnell explores the chapter's numerous direct-action protest campaign

Author Biography

Brian Purnell is assistant professor of Africana studies at Bowdoin College.