Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights
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The Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR) was formed by a group of Atlanta University Center students in February, 1960.
This committee drafted and published An Appeal for Human Rights on March 9, 1960.[1]
Six days after publication of An Appeal for Human Rights,[2] student in Atlanta united to start the Atlanta Student Movement with Sit-ins in order to demand racial desegregation of their society as part of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Members of COAHR [edit]
Original members of the Committee on the Appeal of Human Rights include, among others, Lonnie King, Julian Bond, Herschelle Sullivan, Carolyn Long, Joseph Pierce.[3]
An Appeal for Human Rights [edit]
An Appeal for Human Rights was published on March 9, 1960 [4]
References [edit]
- ^ Appeal for Human Rights - Civil Rights Veterans
- ^ An Appeal for Human Rights - March 9th, 1960 - Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights
- ^ Phase Three - Direct Action & Desegregation (See especially February and March details) - Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement
- ^ An Appeal for Human Rights - March 9th, 1960 - Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights
