The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) announced that its national director, James Farmer, a key architect of the Civil Rights Movement and leader of the Freedom Rides, would step down effective March 1, 1966. Farmer cited the need to focus on writing and other forms of activism. His departure marked a turning point as CORE began shifting toward a more militant direction under new leadership.
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