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photo of Bronx CORE chairman Herb Callender and undercover agent Ray Wood in New York Times
This is the 1964 New York Times article which features a photo of Ray Wood, the undercover agent who infiltrated Bronx CORE, being arrested with Bronx CORE chairman Herb Callender. The two had attempted to make a citizen's arrest on Mayor…
article on CORE undercover police agent Ray Wood and assassination of Malcolm X
This is an explosive article which places undercover NYPD police officer Ray Wood at the assassination of Malcolm X. It also suggests an answer to one of the great mysteries surrounding the event - the identity of the second man who was arrested at…
photo of Fatima Cortez Todd, Northwest NY CORE
This is a photo of Northwest New York CORE member Fatima Cortez Todd who was then known as Cathy Cortez. She is the daughter of the chapter’s chairman Marie Witherspoon.
Besides participating in Northwest NY CORE activities, she worked with CORE…
Besides participating in Northwest NY CORE activities, she worked with CORE…
photo of Rafael Martinez, New York and Bronx CORE
This is a photo of Rafael Martinez who was a member of both New York CORE and Bronx CORE. In it, he is holding a photo of himself as a young man at about the age he would have been when he was in CORE. He served in the Army’s tank division during…
Obituary for Brooklyn CORE chairman Congressman Major Owens
This is the photo used for the New York Times obituary of Brooklyn CORE chairman Major Owens who died on October 21, 2013. The photo is notable because in it he is speaking at an NAACP event.
The fact that Congressman Major Owens was ever a…
The fact that Congressman Major Owens was ever a…
photo of UFT President Al Shanker with Bayard Rustin
This is a photo of Al Shanker (White, glasses, coat and tie, center bottom, hand raised) with Bayard Rustin (Black, center bottom). The photo speaks to not just his role as the president of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT)
but the fact…
but the fact…
photo of Brooklyn SCORE chairman Eleanor Stein
This is a photo of founding member and Brooklyn SCORE chairman Eleanor Stein. In the photo, she is a law student at Columbia University in the late 1960's.
An Erasmus High School student when he helped found the student chapter of Brooklyn…
An Erasmus High School student when he helped found the student chapter of Brooklyn…
photo of Brooklyn CORE office front
This is a photo of the Brooklyn CORE store front office.
cover of 'Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings', a history of Brooklyn CORE
This is the cover to Dr. Brian Purnell's, 'Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings:The Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn (Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century)'.
The name of the boy in the photo is…
The name of the boy in the photo is…