Born in 1916, George Houser was the son of missionaries, and spent portions of his early life in the Far East. He served on the staff of the Fellowship of Reconciliation in the 1940s and '50s. With James Farmer and Berniece Fisher, he co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1942 in Chicago. With Bayard Rustin, another FOR staffer, Houser, a white Methodist minister, co-led the Journey of Reconciliation, … Wikipedia
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