The CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) series holds documents related to the national CORE organization. CORE is the parent organization to the local Ann Arbor, Michigan chapter of AAAFHA-CORE (Ann Arbor Area Fair Housing Association - Congress of Racial Equality).
The Correspondence folder holds memos from CORE to local chapters. Policy includes the CORE constitution and by-laws, papers on organizational expansion and the changing mission, rules of order, guidelines for demonstrations, and the minutes from a National Action Council Meeting. The Pamphlets folder holds two "This is CORE" pamphlets that talk about the organization's structure and methods; two "CORE Rules for Action" pamphlets that talk about CORE's dedication to nonviolence; a "Where is Democracy" pamphlet discussing views on equality, segregation, and action; and a "Something New" pamphlet about Freedom Schools. CORE chapters contains the constitution for the Milwaukee chapter and "The Campus CORE-Lator" magazine published by the Berkeley campus chapter. Information related specifically to Ann Arbor, Michigan can be found in the AAAFHA-CORE series.
The five folders in CORE Convention, 1964 include information about the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Convention took place in July, 1964. Folder 1 holds reports from the national director, organization department, and individual chapters including Ann Arbor, Cincinnati, Denver, Mississippi, and Alabama and cover topics such as skilled trades, segregation, education, and organizational needs. Folder 2 contains two copies of the revised CORE constitution and a proposed membership amendment. Folder 3 includes information about an associate membership drive, CORE income from affiliated chapters, and a list of committee members. Folder 4 contains documents related to the termination of Julius Hobson, DC chapter leader, including copies of correspondence and photocopies of newspaper clippings. Folder 5 contains a CORE pamphlet, an issue of CORE-Lator published in February 1964, and a list of questions and answers about CORE.
The final folder in the series is CORE Convention, 1965. It contains information from the Convention Planning Committee to the local CORE chapters, a report by Columbus CORE, and an organizational chart.
