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CORE action rally canceled as campaigns stay on
A CORE rally in Columbus was canceled due to limited time, prompting Eugene McCarthy and Hubert Humphrey aides to stay in town for the CORE action’s close. Disagreement between Floyd McKissick and Roy Innis over campaign involvement surfaced as Whitney Young Jr. endorsed black power goals to delegates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Wilfred Ussery
Floyd B. McKissick
Roy Innis
McKissick
Innis
NAACP
Atlantic City
Ussery
Fuls
Cally
Whitney Young Jr
National Urban League