doi:10.7916/d8-y8fk-1292Oral history interview with Edwin Ross Lewinson, 1999Lewinson, Edwin R., 1930-2012oral historiesmixed materialCivil rights movements--History--20th century.--United StatesCivil rights demonstrations--United StatesBlind--Education--United StatesUnited States Race relations 20th centuryLewinson, Edwin R., 1930-2012Congress of Racial EqualityCongress of Racial Equality. Brooklyn ChapterUnited States National Student AssociationNew York World's Fair New York, N.Y.) (1964-1965Edwin Ross Lewinson begins this interview by recalling his first experiences with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Lewinson describes attending a primarily Black high school in Detroit. He elaborates on the school's availability of braille and its segregation of extracurriculars before mentioning his mother's ambivalence to race issues. He describes his experience in the National Student Association at the University of Michigan and his participation in the project to desegregate the Greyhound Bus Terminals in Washington, DC in the late 1940s. Lewinson goes on to characterize CORE members and early projects. Lewison explains his reintroduction to CORE in 1960 while attending Columbia University, and his election to the National Action Council. He goes on to describe the growing tensions in CORE between Evelyn Rich and Gladys Harrington from 1962 until 1965. He recalls the lead up to the 1964 "stall-in" demonstration to disrupt the New York World's Fair and the work of Brooklyn CORE members Isaiah Bronson and Arnold Goldwag. Finally, Lewinson describes a brief visit to Jackson, Mississippi, his international work after leaving CORE, and the eventual disintegration of the organization