The document summarizes several prominent civil rights organizations that were leaders during the Civil Rights Movement: - The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) engaged in sit-ins and protests in the early 1960s and helped organize Freedom Rides and Freedom Summer to break down legal barriers facing Black Americans. - The NAACP, founded in 1909, used litigation to challenge racial discrimination and helped integrate public accommodations, though some members had to work secretly due to retaliation. - The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), founded by Martin Luther King Jr., used nonviolent direct action to desegregate public facilities but struggled after King opposed the Vietnam War. - The Student Nonviolent Co