photo of New Orleans CORE chairman Rudy Lombard
New Orleans CORE
This is a 1960 photo of New Orleans CORE chairman Rudy Lombard outside of a Woolworth's store on Canal Street in New Orleans during CORE's demonstrations against the department store chain. After he was arrested, his case went all the way to the Supreme Court at which it was overturned and eventually helped set a precedent against the practice of segregation
A student at Xavier University at the time, he went on to get a PhD in urban planning from Syracuse University.
Ralph Uribe
The Times-Picayune
http://photos.nola.com
Sept. 9, 1960
Ralph Uribe/ The Times-Picayune
1960. Canal Street, New Orleans
1961 arrest photo of CORE member George Raymond as Freedom Rider
New Orleans
This is the 1961 arrest photo for CORE member George Raymond as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi. At the time, he was only 18 years old.
A member of New Orleans CORE, he went on to become a field director for CORE in Mississippi replacing Dave Dennis.
Jackson, Mississippi Police Department
The Mississippi Department of Archives and Histor
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History
August 14, 1961
public domain
Jackson, Mississippi June , 1961
photo of New Orleans CORE
New Orleans CORE
This is a photo of members of New Orleans CORE including many of its original members.
Left to Right - George Raymond, Carlene Smith, Thomas Valentine, Jill Finsten, Doratha Smith, Jean Thompson, Patricia Smith, Alice Thompson, _______, Betty Daniels, _______, Garnel Rosemond, Oretha Castle, and Claude Reese.
source: http://nutrias.org/photos/porter/porter1.htm
http://nutrias.org/photos/porter/porter1.htm
New Orleans Public Library, Marion James Porter Collection
New Orleans