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This is a 1962 newspaper photo of New York CORE member Blyden Jackson, with his wife at the time, Carmel Jackson. At the time the photo was taken he was the chairman of the New Haven, CT chapter of CORE. He became one of the founding members of East…

This is a 1963 photo of Mary Hamilton in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. She is standing next to Rev. Joe Carter, the first Black person to vote in that parish in 61 years because of Jim Crow segregation laws. Whites had retaliated by terrorizing…

This is a list of new New York CORE members one month after the chapter moved to 125th street. It includes Doris Funnye (aka Doris Innis), Lucy Komisar and Mary Hamilton.
CORE traditionally had two classes of membership. These listed had just…

This is a famous photo of Mary Hamilton, CORE Field Secretary, Freedom Rider and CORE's first female Southern Regional Director.
A member of the chapter before they moved uptown, she was one of the original active members of New York CORE. She…

This is the cover of the April 23, 1964 issue of Jet magazine, one of the only weekly national Black magazines at the time. It features New York CORE member Mary Hamilton and her Supreme Court case which has come to be known as the 'Miss Mary' case.…

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"PHILADELPHIA, MS - JUNE 17: Cyril Boynes Jr., director of international affairs with the Congress of Racial Equality, takes a break from the Edgar Ray Killen Trial outside the Neshoba County Courthouse June 17, 2005 in…

This is a photo of Sheila Michaels, one of the earliest members of New York CORE once the chapter (known as New York CORE) moved up to 125th street. Like Susan Brownmiller and Susan Wells (among others) she was involved in some of the early housing…

This is a photo of a young Sheila Michaels. She refers to the chapter in Harlem as New York CORE.

This is a photo of Thurgood Marshall Academy in 2009. It illustrates how the school is located in the same space as Harlem CORE's office was in the 1970's on 135th st.
The school's existence legitimizes the work of Harlem CORE, 40 years later. As…

This is a photo of Harlem CORE's office in the 1970's. It was located in the same suite as the national CORE offices at the corner of 135th st and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. right above Small's Paradise, the legendary Harlem nightclub.
The space is…