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In this section, Civil Rights leaders Roy Wilkins of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) urge President Kennedy to take action to integrate Ole Miss.

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links to documents image of NAACP seal reads: NAACP, over 50 years, founded 1909 go to telegram from NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins image of CORE logo reads: Congress of Racial Equality go to telegram from CORE National Director James Farmer


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