Doris Castle

1963 photo of New Orleans CORE member Doris Jean Castle being removed by police from a demonstration at the local City Hall

Doris Jean Castle (May 25, 1942 – April 16, 1998) was a civil rights activist who helped with the New Orleans chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). She aided African Americans across the New Orleans area alongside her sister, Oretha Castle Haley. Castle was one of the youngest Freedom Riders in New Orleans. She was only seventeen years old when she started fighting for civil rights activism.[1]

  1. ^ "Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- Letters From the Field ~ Doris Castle". www.crmvet.org. Retrieved 2016-12-07.