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This is a 1962 photo of of New York CORE member Velma Hill (front row corner, glasses) with her husband Norm Hill (front row, suit). At the time, they were being arrested for their participation in a demonstration against the Board of Education in…

This is a photo of New York CORE chairman Clarence Funnye in the very early 1960's. He is pictured with his wife, son and Genevieve Hughes, one of the original Freedom Riders.

The photo is of a housing demonstration in the Clinton Hill section…

This is a 1965 photo of Lula Farmer (center) with her husband James Farmer, founding member of CORE and its national director at the time. Their daughter, Abbey, is seated to the left.

Both Lula and James farmer were members of New York CORE…

This is a 1967 photo of Harlem CORE member Bob Harris (standing) at a CORE Black Power seminar. He is clearly functioning as security for the event. At the time, he was also a New York City police officer (NYPD). This was above board and known by…

This is a photo of New York CORE members Joe Jackson (Black male) and Eva Kerr (White female, glasses, short hair) dancing together. It was taken at the home of Harlem CORE member Wendell Rachell in the early 1970's. (the second woman with the long…

This is a 1966 photo of Bernadine C. Wesley, New York CORE's first vice chairman. When she remarried, she became Bernadine Wesley Warren.
From a West Indian family, she was born in New York and raised in Harlem. An engineer, she was the chief…

"NYC CORE is disgusting. The entire chapter needs to be purged or better yet disaffiliated."

This is a 1962 evaluation by CORE official Mary Hamilton of the Harlem chapter of CORE. Hamilton, who was originally a member of the chapter both…

This is a 1962 newspaper photo of New York CORE member Joanne Shane. At the time she worked directly under Gladys Harrington. As the de facto office manager, Shane handled much of the Harlem chapter's day to day administration and would have been…

This is the 1961 arrest photo for New York CORE member Frank Nelson as a Freedom Rider. As a member of New York CORE, he was an active member and one of the earliest members of the chapter when they transferred uptown.
He married fellow Freedom…

This is a May 17, 1960 photo of New York CORE member Darwin Bolden (Black male, front, glasses, hat). The former chairman of New York CORE when it was still in midtown, he remained an active member once the chapter moved uptown.

According to…