The Campaign for Social Justice (CSJ) was an organisation based in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...

which campaigned for civil rights in that region. The CSJ was inaugurated on 17 January 1964 in Dungannon, County Tyrone,CSJ Founding Statement
/ref> by Patricia McCluskey, who became its first chairwoman, and her husband, local general practitioner Dr Conn McCluskey. 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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{{Authority control The Troubles (Northern Ireland) Civil rights organisations in the United Kingdom Political advocacy groups in Northern Ireland Organizations established in 1964 1964 establishments in the United Kingdom