The Campaign for Social Justice (CSJ) was an organisation based in
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
which campaigned for civil rights in that region.
The CSJ was inaugurated on 17 January 1964 in Dungannon, County Tyrone,
[CSJ Founding Statement](_blank)
/ref> by Patricia McCluskey
Patricia McCluskey (19142010) was a Northern Ireland civil rights activist.
Biography
Patricia McCluskey was born Patricia McShane in 1914 in Portadown. Her father ran a drapery business. McCluskey trained as a home economics teacher in Scotl ...
, who became its first chairwoman, and her husband, local general practitioner Dr Conn McCluskey
Conn McCluskey (1914-16 December 2013) was an Irish civil rights activist in the 1960s, and a medical doctor.
Born in County Down, McCluskey was working as a general practitioner in Dungannon, County Tyrone, in 1963, when along with his wife Pa ...
. The couple had in 1963 established a Homeless Citizens' League to campaign against discrimination in the allocation of public housing.[John Manley, "'Father' of civil rights movement dies", ''The Irish News'', 17 December 2013] The CSJ was established, according to the founding statement, for "the purpose of bringing the light of publicity to bear on the discrimination which exists in our community against the Catholic section of that community representing more than one-third of the total population".
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Civil rights organisations in the United Kingdom
Political advocacy groups in Northern Ireland
Organizations established in 1964
1964 establishments in the United Kingdom