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photo of Freedom Riders James Farmer, Edward Blankenheim, Genevieve Hughes, Rev. B. Elton Cox and Henry Thomas
"Members of an interracial group pose in Washington, with a map of a route they plan to take to test segregation in bus terminal restaurants and rest rooms in the South, May 4, 1961. From left are: Edward Blankenheim, Tucson, Ariz.; James Farmer, New…
photo of Doris Jean Castle
This is a 1963 photo of New Orleans CORE member Doris Jean Castle being removed by police from a demonstration at the local City Hall.
photo of CORE national director James Farmer with 'the Big 6"
"These six leaders of the nation's largest national black organizations met in New York's Roosevelt Hotel on July 2, 1963 to discuss plans for their projected civil right march on Washington, DC. They are from left; John Lewis, chairman of the…
photo of CORE national chairman Floyd McKissick, Durham CORE chairman Walter Riley and Malcolm X
This is a April 1963 photo of Malcolm X with Floyd McKissick (center), then CORE's national chairman. On the other side of McKissick is Walter Riley, chairman of the local Durham CORE chapter. The photo is from when McKissick debated Malcolm X in…
photo of CORE associate national director Dr. George Wiley
This is a photo of Dr. George Wiley. A former chemistry professor at the Syracuse University and Cornell graduate, he was one of the founding members of Syracuse CORE. In 1964, he became CORE's associate national director, second only to James…
photo of 1961 CORE Freedom Walk
About 50 persons, white and black, start out on a 30-mile Freedom Walk from Alton, Ill., to St. Louis, Mo. in protest against racial discrimination in cities along the route, Aug. 26, 1961. The demonstration was sponsored by the Congress of Racial…
Journal paper on CORE in Kentucky
This is a journal paper on CORE chapters in Kentucky by historian Gerald Smith.
film clip of CORE program director Gordon Carey
This is a film clip of CORE's program director Gordon Carey from the documentary "Freedom Riders".
FBI documents on St. Louis CORE and ACTION
This collection of FBI documents simply notes that ACTION (Action Committee to Increase Opportunities for Negroes), a militant civil rights group in St. Louis, was a splinter group from the local CORE chapter that broke away several years earlier.…
FBI documents on San Francisco CORE
This is a collection of FBI documents pertaining to San Francisco. They come from the Federal Surveillance of African Americans 1920-1984 database.
According to Meier and Rudwick's history of CORE, the chapter was first set up by field…
According to Meier and Rudwick's history of CORE, the chapter was first set up by field…