Which Civil Rights activist formed the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)?

• A. Martin Luther King Jr.
• B. James L. Farmer Jr.
• C. Rosa Parks
• D. Ella Baker

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is recognizing who started the Congress of Racial Equality, an early civil rights group that pushed for desegregation through nonviolent action. CORE was founded in 1942 in Chicago by James L. Farmer Jr., who inspired the organization’s commitment to nonviolent direct action as a means to achieve racial equality. Farmer helped shape CORE’s approach and campaigns, including early efforts to test and challenge segregation.

Martin Luther King Jr. became a leading figure through the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and is known for immense leadership in the movement, but he did not found CORE. Rosa Parks is famous for sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Ella Baker was a pivotal organizer who supported and built networks like SNCC; neither founded CORE. The person who formed CORE is James L. Farmer Jr.