The Freedom Rides: From Project to Mass Movement | Fellowship of Reconciliation, George Houser Cofounder of Core Dies at 99 years Young

The Freedom Rides: From Project to Mass Movement | Fellowship of Reconciliation:


George Houser Dies at 99 Years Young

With two African-American colleagues, James Farmer and Bayard Rustin, and others, Mr. Houser founded CORE in 1942.

Five years later, he and Mr. Rustin organized the first test of a United States Supreme Court ruling that barred segregation on interstate transit. Their campaign, called the Journey of Reconciliation, sent black and white riders through the South on interstate buses — an act of great personal risk that met with acceptance in some cities and arrests and bloodshed in others.