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.
Six days after publication of An Appeal for Human Rights
, 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.
, Herschelle Sullivan, Carolyn Long, Joseph Pierce.
Atlanta University Center
The Atlanta University Center Consortium is the largest contiguous consortium of African Americans in higher education in the United States. The center consists of four historically black colleges and universities in southwest Atlanta, Georgia...
students in February, 1960.
This committee drafted and published An Appeal for Human Rights
An Appeal for Human Rights
This article seeks to provide history and context as well as links to the full text copies ofAn Appeal for Human Rights. release on March 15, 1960....
on March 9, 1960.
Six days after publication of An Appeal for Human Rights
An Appeal for Human Rights
This article seeks to provide history and context as well as links to the full text copies ofAn Appeal for Human Rights. release on March 15, 1960....
, student in Atlanta united to start the Atlanta Student Movement
Atlanta Student Movement
The Atlanta Student Movement was formed between February and March 1960 in Atlanta by students of the campuses Atlanta University Center and led by the Committee for the Appeal for Human Rights and was part of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.- An Appeal for Human Rights :The original...
with Sit-ins in order to demand racial desegregation of their society as part of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Members of COAHR
Original members of the Committee on the Appeal of Human Rights include, among others, Lonnie King, Julian BondJulian Bond
Horace Julian Bond , known as Julian Bond, is an American social activist and leader in the American civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating...
, Herschelle Sullivan, Carolyn Long, Joseph Pierce.