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video clip of NY1 news story on naming of street after Sonny Carson of Brooklyn CORE
This is a video clip of a 2007 NY1 news story on the controversy which surrounded the naming of a street after Brooklyn CORE chairman Sonny Carson in Bedford Stuyvesant.
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This is a big file (38 mb) so please be patient. It will take a minute to…
photos of and articles on The EAST
This is a collection of photos of and articles on the EAST, the cultural nationalist organization founded by Jitu Weusi (among others). I am including it here for several reasons: - as I have argued previously, the EAST in many ways represents a…
photo of Yuri Kochiyama, 7 Arts CORE, after assassination of Malcolm X
This is a photo of 7 Arts CORE member Yuri Kochiyama (left page, glasses, black dress) cradling the head of Malcolm X just after he had been assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965.
The photo speaks to just how involved…
The photo speaks to just how involved…
photo of the book 'The Education of Sonny Carson'
This is a photo of the book 'The Education of Sonny Carson', (hard cover, first edition, signed by members of Brooklyn CORE and Sonny Carson).
Photo shot at the offices of the Committee to Honor Black Heroes. My thanks to Ali Lamont.
Photo shot at the offices of the Committee to Honor Black Heroes. My thanks to Ali Lamont.
photo of Mandola McPherson, Queens CORE
This is a photo of Queens CORE member Mandola McPherson. In 1967, she was one of the members of the Jamaica Rifle and Pistol Club, Inc. ‘charged with conspiracy to commit arson and anarchy as part of an alleged “black revolutionary†plot’.…
photo of Jim 'Seitu' Dyson, Brooklyn CORE
This is a photo of Brooklyn CORE member Jim 'Seitu' Dyson. He was one of the many Brooklyn CORE members that also were members of the EAST. A graphic artist, he did the majority of the covers for the EAST's newspaper, Black News.
photo of Herman Ferguson, South Jamaica CORE, and Charles 37X Kenyatta
This is a 1967 photo of Charles 37X Kenyatta (left, helmet) and South Jamaica CORE's education chairman Herman Ferguson (right, shades, coat and tie). The photo was taken at the 2nd Black Power Conference in Newark, New Jersey.
Both are former…
Both are former…
photo of Herman Ferguson, South Jamaica CORE
This is a 1968 photo of Herman Ferguson. He was the education chairman of South Jamaica CORE (SJ CORE) but was not a member of CORE. His career as an activist, however, began with other members of CORE in Queens.
An assistant principal at PS 40…
An assistant principal at PS 40…
photo of East River CORE chairman Omar Abu Ahmed with Gloria Richardson at 2nd National Black Power Conference
This is a July 22, 1967 photo of East River CORE chairman Omar Abu Ahmed (white shirt, bald head) seated next to Gloria Richardson, leader of the Cambridge movement, at the 2nd National Black Power Conference in Newark, New Jersey.
Ahmed, one of…
Ahmed, one of…
photo of Brooklyn CORE chairman Sonny Carson
This is a photo of Brooklyn CORE chairman Sonny Carson. It is a publicity still from his 1974 movie, "The Education of Sonny Carson".
Born Robert Carson, he changed his name to Mwlina Imiri Abubadika in the early 1970's. It was given to him…
Born Robert Carson, he changed his name to Mwlina Imiri Abubadika in the early 1970's. It was given to him…