Talk:Bernice Fisher
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Much of this article appears to be written by her nephew Frank Fisher, who cites as some sources "personal knowledge," which is outside of Wikipedia guidelines that require information to be from secondary sources. I have deleted many of those references (although for now I have left in the family tree, which Mr. Fisher can surely qualify with published obituaries). One passage I found historically troubling is that of one Shelia Michaels crediting Fisher with starting CORE. On the sites from CORE, Jim Farmer and George Houser, I have included the following note:
There is much discussion by Farmer and Houser on the founding of CORE in several issues of Fellowship magazine of the Fellowship of Reconciliation in 1992 (Spring, Summer and Winter issues) and a conference that year on CORE and the origins of the Civil Rights Movement at Bluffton College in Bluffton, Ohio, attended by both Houser and Farmer. Academics and the participants themselves agreed the founders of CORE were Jim Farmer, George Houser and Berniece Fisher. The conference has been preserved on videotape.
and I will add it to Fisher's site as well. Michaels, while perhaps an academic, should not be taken as equal an authority of Houser and Farmer themselves.
robinbirk —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robinbirk (talk • contribs) 01:54, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bernice Fisher
James Farmer, himself, credits more than three people for founding CORE. He discusses the orgins of CORE in his book, Lay Bare The Heart. Although Farmer, Fisher and Houser were likely the primary movers, there are other sources as well that credit more than three people for the founding of CORE. And although it may not be a Wikipedia source I recall Bernice mentioning there were six founders and including Jimmy Robinson and Homer Jack as CORE founders. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fisher, Frank (talk • contribs) 14:56, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
