Floyd McKissick
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Floyd McKissick was born in Ashville, North Carolina on the 9th March 1922. He became the first black student at North Carolina Law School. In 1966 he became leader of CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality, taking over from James Farmer. A supporter of Black Power he turn CORE into a more radical movement. He died on the 28th April 1991.
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