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Fight For Racial Justice And The Civil Rights Congress

Search over 56,000 pages of  the Civil Rights Congress (CRC) involvement in notable civil rights and civil liberties issues such as Willie McGee, the Trenton Six, Martinsville Seven and many others.  The CRC also held many high profile protests in Washington DC and the UN.  Due to its Communist Party affiliations, the Civil Rights Congress was cited as subversive  by  President Harry S. Truman’s Attorney General, Thomas Clark.

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