Other Issues
The CRC took stances on many issues related to political freedom and the rights of African Americans. It supported anti-lynching laws, and condemned the Confederate flag.
It opposed U.S. intervention in the Korean War.
The CRC opposed the Taft-Hartley Act and offered assistance to the Congress of Industrial Organizations and to the American Federation of Labor.
In Louisiana, a local chapter launched a major campaign to convict the white police officer who shot Roy Cyril Brooks. The Brooks case began a larger effort against police brutality and demands to hire Black police officers.
Read more about this topic: Civil Rights Congress
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